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How To Avoid Information Paralysis We all want to act in the best way possible and to make a decision that gives the best possible outcome – in other words, the need to be right in management, and in all walks of life, is very strong. Sometimes this drive to be right and to have …
How To Make Excellent Decisions All Of The Time The more we use advanced thinking processes and techniques, rather than just going for what seems right and our own “gut” feelings, the more likely we are to make better decisions and to decrease error rates. When considering planning and making decisions much can be gained …
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What Is A Decision? Management is all about making decisions – if this was not the case then you would not be in your job! What makes for a decision? A good way to look at this is a specific commitment to action (usually a commitment of resources) in the form of a plan to …
Good Or Bad Decision Making? There are only two factors that will tell you if you have made a good decision or not – regardless of the context, scale and scope of that decision a good decision is judged on: The quality of that decision The likelihood of that decision actually being implemented and having …
How To Make Decisions Effectively Evaluate and be clear how important the decision actually is: should you be making it or should someone either senior to you or one of your staff be making it? Identify people with the appropriate skills, knowledge and expertise Identify who will be co-operative and supportive of the decision that …
How To Get Very Difficult Decisions Right We all are faced with making decisions that we would rather not have to do – these are the kinds of judgements that will have profound implications and wide-ranging consequences for many different groups of people and individuals. Such big challenges have two things in common: there are …
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Good Critical Thinking Skills In Management We are continually striving towards making better decisions and making improvements in systems and working procedures: successful organisations do this all of the time to continually refine and shape their offer. In just the same way Managers should be always looking to develop their critical thinking skills. Just because …
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Management Meddling - If It Is Broken Never Fix It There are always good and convincing reasons why we should never rush to mend something, despite what we might be expected to do and wade in to mend something that is broken. Things break when they are at the end of their natural life: cars …
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How To Make Excellent Decisions All decisions should be made as low as possible in the organisation. The Charge of the Light Brigade was ordered by an officer who was not there looking at the territory. It didn’t go well. Is the decision you are about to make either expensive or not. It’s that simple. …
How Are Managerial Decision Making And Conflict Linked? What tactics do managers use when trying to exert influence and power through information and decision making? Information Control: information gives power. It is always hard to argue against the facts, even if you consider them to be flawed or even worse, wrong. Managers keep key pieces …
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