Facilitating leadership decisions

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This chapter illustrates that in order to reach a decision a leader must decide which persons should be involved in the process and when. A relatively common method of involving others is delegating the decision to a group. A main objective of this is often to generate as many innovative ideas as possible, and different techniques can be employed for this, including brainstorming. The proposal generated must then be validated by the group using different criteria on the basis of which it is then relatively easy to filter out proposals that do not reach the goals that have been set. However, a leader needs to collect additional information in order to reach a decision. By the use of information technology vast amounts of information may be accumulated. Thus, different kinds of filtering or weeding methods must be used in order to quickly obtain relevant information. This information can help leaders create forecasts and minimize risks. They must also be able to present their ideas in the most attractive way possible in order to be heard and arrive at decisions. The design of the presentation is therefore critical. Sometimes it is not enough for leaders just to present an idea, they are then obliged to negotiate in order to reach a decision.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-82-02-25428-5
• Extent: Seite(n): 44
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Preprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A Leadership Perspective on Decision Making

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Wirtschaft ; Management ; Entscheidungsfindung ; Entscheidungsprozess ; Führungskraft ; Gruppenentscheidung ; Unternehmenskultur

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Selart, Marcus
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Cappelen Acad. Publ.
• (when): 2010

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53928-6
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST