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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Implementing the Decision


Implementing the Decision

Decision is useless unless it is implemented
Influences on individual decision makers
Measure the importance of a decision

Problem Misidentification
Avoid defining the problem "Too broadly" or "Too narrowly"
The problem stated as
Build a better mousetrap
Get rid of the mice

Group Decision Making
Strengths
Weaknesses
Tips for Decision making
Problem consciousness – The ability to determine problems by
recognizing abnormalities or sensing abnormal situations.
Problem Clarification
Understand what was actually happening
Understand what should be happening
Ten Managerial Roles
A Practising manager needs …
Possess sufficient quality & quantity of timely data
Information & knowledge to understand the problem solving
context & inputs
Requisite conceptual technical
Human relations
Administrative skills
Competencies to analyze
Interpret the data
History of Management, Case Study
Information & knowledge already available
The right mindset
Objective of Case Analysis
The specific objectives of case study method of teaching & learning
are …
Increase awarness of individuals
Gain knowledge of individual, team & organizational behaviour
Strengthen the abilities in proactively identifying, defining &
solving situational problems
Enhance the basic skills
Offer realistic training – hands on experience
The quality of case analysis largely depends upon …
Imaginative ability
Creative ability
Innovative ability
A Problem solving Format
The case analyst will be facing two alternative modes
1. He can be the part of the problem by simply glorifying & complicating
the issues involved in a case with a no solution mindset.
2. The case analyst can try to become the part of the solution
Renovision
It is the ability of an individual to look beyond the obivious or look
beyond the problems with a proactive mindset.
Level of Analysis
Five basic dimensions of analysis
People – Individuals & Terms
Organisational structure – Flexible or rigid, tall / flat,
Bureaucratic or free form
Task – Simple or complex, safe or hazardous
Technology – Labour intensive or capital intensive, hi-tech or
low-tech

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