A discussion I was having with a frustrated coworker reminded me of these decision making myths from Professor Roberto.<\/p>\n
We maintain a belief in a number of myths about how decisions are made in groups and organizations…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“Myth #1: The chief executive decides. Reality: Strategic decision making entails simultaneous activity by people at multiple levels of the organization….<\/p>\n
“Myth #2: Decisions are made in the room. Reality: Much of the real work occurs ‘off-line,’ in\u00a0one-on-one conversations or small subgroups, not around a conference table….<\/p>\n
“Myth #3: Decisions are largely intellectual exercises. Reality: High-stakes decisions are complex social, emotional, and political processes….<\/p>\n
“Myth #4: Managers analyze and then decide. Reality: Strategic decisions unfold in nonlinear fashion….<\/p>\n
“Myth #5: Managers decide and then act. Reality: Strategic decisions often evolve over time and proceed through an iterative process of choice and action….”<\/p>\n
Professor Michael A. Roberto, The Art of Critical Decision Making<\/a>,\u00a0Course Guidebook pp. 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A discussion I was having with a frustrated coworker reminded me of these decision making myths from Professor Roberto. We maintain a belief in a number of myths about how decisions are made in groups and organizations… “Myth #1: The chief executive decides. Reality: Strategic decision making entails simultaneous activity by people at multiple levels… Continue reading Roberto’s 5 Decision Making Myths<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16,71,72],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-executive","tag-critical-thinking","tag-decision-making","tag-myths","post_format-post-format-quote","wow fadeInUp","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}