Expert Systems
Expert systems are designed not just to support decision making, but to suggest actual decisions.
In the Driver's Seat: Motivating Workers
Too much emphasis on material rewards produces a kind of jadedness. Many business leaders overestimate the importance of pay. Such nonmaterial rewards as clear feedback, shared authority in decisions related to the work environment and plant operati...
Pushing Decision Making Down Through An Organization
There are several reasons for pushing decision making down through an organization. Often those at lower levels have more knowledge about the customer or product. Putting more decisions into the hands of lower level employees can also boost morale a...
Rational Decision Making
Decisions shape the destiny of organizations. Sound decision making--the ability to make a rational choice among alternatives--is one of the most critical managerial skills.
Non-Quantitative Decision Making
In conditions of uncertainty, where there are no clear probabilities, managers may make decisions by drawing on experience, judgment or intuition, factors which are sometimes referred to as non-quantitative.
Decision Making Case Study: CNN
CNN, The Cable News Network, broadcasts around the clock, seven days a week, internationally. CNN executives and other employees must constantly make decisions about what news should go on the air and how it should be gathered and presented.
Decision Making and Delegation Case Study: CNN
In order to facilitate the free flow of information, CNN cultivates an open and collegial atmosphere. While the company needs clear lines of authority to make decisions about rapidly breaking news, CNN executives generally try to temper their formal...
Decision Making
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center has utilized a decision making model called shared governance, which transfers clinical decision making from management to staff members who work directly with patients. This model encourages employees to build cons...
Decision Making Models
Managers sometimes use computer models to help them analyze their options under varying conditions and circumstances.
Legal Precedent: Influence of Outside Forces and Internal Beliefs on Judicial Decision Making, The
Justices and judges are not as removed from the public scene as many people believe they are. A constant flow of material tells them what is going on and the controversies that exist. It is clear to the justices on the Supreme Court that some of the...