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Decision Making Styles: Taylor Wilson
Decision Making Styles: Taylor Wilson
Decision Making Styles: Taylor Wilson
Taylor Wilson
• Reflects how a manager perceives and responds
to information.
What is a • There are 4 general decision making styles:
decision • Directive
• Analytical
making style? • Conceptual
• Behavioral
Decision making styles:
High
Analytical Conceptual
Tolerance
for
ambiguity Directive Behavioral
Low
Task & People &
technical Value Social
concerns Orientation Concerns
Value Orientation and Tolerance for Ambiguity
• Value orientation – the side of the spectrum in which a person
focuses on tasks and technical concerns or people and social concerns
Tasks & People
technical & social
concerns concerns
I recommend a
Recommendation Directive Style for
decision making
Ensures systematic
approach to drive fast
results
References
1. Kinicki, A., & Williams, B. K. (2018). Management: a practical introduction
(8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.