Decision_Making_and_Forces_of_Influence

Decision Making and Forces of Influence Decision-making & Forces of Influence Critical Thinking Styles and Forces of Influence Making decisions is a major portion of the manager's responsibilities. It is an aspect that cannot be taken lightly nor can it be done in a hasty manner. Hasty, careless decisions can have devastating results on the manager's department or even for the entire company. Decisions that are made with deliberation using different kinds of processes, however, can lead the department or company to better and/or more profitable operations. When decisions are indeed made in this manner, the manager should feel confident that he or she has made an appropriate decision and is the best option given the information available at the time. This does not mean to say that the manager will always make the correct decision; lack of information or situational changes can lead to faulty analysis. However, if the manager uses critical thinking and proven successful decision-making strategies, he or she can and should be confident in whatever action they have decided is appropriate. Their own confidence level will, in fact, affect the outcome of their action. Forces of Influence “Managers can be called “information workers”; a manager is a craftsperson whose raw material is information, manager, decisions, decision, process, managers, situation, personality, making, make, made, thinking, influence, company, within, time, strategies, problem, organization, one, manager’s, experience, decision-making, characteristics, whole, whatever, values, strategy, should, mccall, logical, lead, kaplan, given, forces, factors, different, degree, critical, confidence, conclusion, based, another, action, waldersee, vol, type, tolerance, through, team