Leadership and Decision Making

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Influence on management style
Nature of the tasks involved
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Paternalistic leader
Produce or Perish and Country Club
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Scientific Decision Making
Uses a systematic process for making decisions in an objective manner
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Analyse Data
Decision tree could be used
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Gather Data
Using primary or secondary research
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Benefit of scientific decision making
Based on logic, involving comparisons between alternative approaches
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Intuition
The ability to understand something with the need for conscious reasoning
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Benefit of using intuition
Good approach when the manager has a detailed understanding of the market
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Disadvantage of scientific decision making
Can be time consuming and costly to gather the necessary data
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Opportunity Cost
The next best alternative foregone
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Decisions are usually taken in the expectation of what?
Rewards
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Decision Trees
Model of the various options available in a decision, including probability of consequences
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Expected Value (EV)
The monetary value of an outcome of a decision
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Net Gain
The value to be gained from making a particular decision
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Benefit of using decision trees
Takes into account uncertainty and risk
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Limitation of decision trees
Less useful when circumstances are very uncertain or changing rapidly
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Paternalistic leader

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Produce or Perish and Country Club

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Scientific Decision Making

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Analyse Data

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Gather Data

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