Managerial Decision Making

MANAGEMENT
RICHARD L. DAFT
Managerial Decision
Making
CHAPTER 8
chapter8 Learning Outcomes
• Explain why decision making is an important component of good
management.
• Discuss the difference between programmed and nonprogrammed
decision and the decision characteristics of certainty and uncertainty.
• Describe the ideal, rational model of decision making and the political
model of decision making.
• Explain the process by which managers actually make decisions in the real
world.
• Identify the six steps used in managerial decision making.
• Describe four personal decision styles used by managers and explain the
biases that frequently cause managers to make bad decisions.
• Identify and explain techniques for innovative group decision making.
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How Do You Make
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Decisions?
• People make decisions everyday without
realizing their diverse decision-making styles
• Managers are referred to as decision makers
• Organizations grow and prosper based on

decisions made by managers
• Good decision making is a vital part of good

management
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Types of Decisions and
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Problems
• A decision is a choice made from available
alternatives
• Decision making is the process of identifying
problems and opportunities and then resolving
them
• Programmed Decisions – situations that occur
often to enable rules
• Nonprogrammed – situations that are unique or
poorly defined and unstructured
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Facing Certainty and
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Uncertainty
• Programmed and nonprogrammed decisions differ
because of uncertainty
– Certainty: the information needed is available
– Risk: the future outcome is subject to chance regardless
of the information available
– Uncertainty: information about future events are
incomplete
– Ambiguity and Conflict: the goals and/or problem are
unclear and difficult to define
• Managers attempt to obtain information about
decision alternatives
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Conditions That Affect the
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Possibility of Decision Failure
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chapter8 Decision-Making Models
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chapter8 The Ideal, Rational Model
• Strive to make economically sensible decisions

• Four assumptions of the model:
1. The decision maker operates to accomplish goals
that are known and agreed on.
2. Decision maker strives for conditions of certainty.
All alternatives are calculated.
3. Criteria for evaluating alternatives are known.
4. The decision maker is rational and uses logic to
assign values. Attempt to maximize organizational
goals. 9
chapter8 Administrative Model
• Descriptive approach that recognizes human
and environmental limitations
• Focus on organizational factors that influence
decisions
• Seek to find alternatives for complex problems
instead of rational approach
1. Decision goals are vague and lack consensus.
2. Rational procedures are not always used.
3. Search for alternatives is limited because of human,
information and resource constraints.
4. Managers will settle for satisficing rather than
maximizing. 10
Bounded Rationality
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and Satisficing
• Bounded Rationality – people have limits and
boundaries on how rational they can be
– Organizations are complex systems
• Satisficing – decision makers choose the first
solution alternative that satisfies minimal decision
criteria
• Intuition – quick apprehension of a decision
situation based on past experience but without
conscious thought
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chapter8 Political Model
• Useful for nonprogrammed decisions
• Resembles the real environment in which
managers operate
• Four basic assumptions:
– Organizations are made up of diverse interests
– Information is ambiguous and incomplete
– Managers do not have the resources to identify all
dimensions of the problem
– Managers engage in the push and pull of debate to
decide goals and alternatives 12
chapter8 Decision-Making Steps
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Personal Decision
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Framework
How individuals personally proceed
through the decision making process
1. Directive Style
2. Analytical Style
3. Conceptual Style
4. Behavioral Style
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Why Do Managers Make
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Bad Decisions?
1. Being influenced by initial impressions
2. Justifying past decisions
3. Seeing what you want to see
4. Perpetuating the status quo
5. Being influenced by problem framing
6. Overconfidence
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Innovative Group
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Decision Making
→ Start with Brainstorming
→ Engage in Rigorous Debate
→ Avoid Groupthink
→ Know When to Bail
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MANAGEMENT

• Managers are referred to as decision makers

• Organizations grow and prosper based on

• Good decision making is a vital part of good

• Strive to make economically sensible decisions

→ Start with Brainstorming

→ Engage in Rigorous Debate

→ Know When to Bail

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