Managing Information &
Decision-Making
L01: POLC
LO2: Decisions
Managerial problems
Group Decision
Disadvantages
Advantages
managing and decision-making
methods of managerial decisions
rationality
factors:
choices that are consistent and value-maximising
sources
maximise economic benefit
quality
assumes:
More complete information
problem is clear and unambiguous
Stuctured
more complete knowledge
Un structured
click to edit
single, well defined goal
Increased acceptance of solution
preferences are clear
Increased legitimacy
final choice will maximise payoff
Programmed decisions
Non-programed decisions
Time consuming
bounded rationality
Minority domination
captures essential features of problems
Easily defined
Pressure to conform
Ambiguous responsibility
New or unusual problem
bounded by limitations and restraints
Needs custom approach
satisficing
reliability
sources
Policies
Rules
intuition
Procedures
ability:
previous experience
'gut level feeling'
Conditions, Styles, Errors
accumulated judgement
critical thinking
analysis
reflection
daily decision making
data driven
Condtions
consider inclusiveness of data
use data for productive purpose
Certainty
Risk
Uncertainty
Errors
Styles
Linear
non-linear
Hindsight
External data and facts
Overconfidence
Self-serving
Logical thinking
Rational
Availability
Uses internal data
Can make accurate decision
Outcome of every alternative known
intuition
feelings
insights
No certainty
hunches
No reasonable probability estimates
Can estimate likelihood of certain outcomes