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Vroom Yetton Jago Model
Vroom Yetton Jago Model
Before you start using the model, you'll need to consider these three factors:
Decision quality – Sometimes, making the "right" decision is critical, and you'll
need to use a large number of resources (people, time, information, and so on)
to ensure that the action you take has been well thought through and is of high
quality.
Team commitment – Some of your decisions will have a major impact on your
team, while others will go unnoticed. When a decision will likely impact your
team, it's best to use a collaborative process. This will improve the quality of the
decision, and you'll likely deliver a successful result faster.
Time constraints – When the issue at hand isn't time sensitive, you have more
"space" to research your options and to include others, which will help to boost
the quality of your decision. If your time is limited, however, it may not be
feasible to include others or to undertake thorough research.
Figure 1, below, shows the Vroom-Yetton model. The framework poses seven
"yes/no" questions, which you need to answer to find the best decision-making
process for your situation.
As you answer each of the questions, you work your way through a decision tree
until you arrive at a code (A1, A2, C1, C2, or G2). This code identifies the best
decision-making process for you and your team.
Autocratic (A1): You use the information that you already have to make the
decision, without requiring any further input from your team.
Autocratic (A2): You consult your team to obtain specific information that you
need, and then you make the final decision.
Consultative (C1): You inform your team of the situation and ask for members'
opinions individually, but you don't bring the group together for a discussion. You
make the final decision.
Consultative (C2): You get your team together for a group discussion about the
issue and to seek their suggestions, but you still make the final decision by
yourself.
Collaborative (G2): You work with your team to reach a group consensus. Your
role is mostly facilitative, and you help team members to reach a decision that they
all agree on.
In general, a consultative or collaborative style is most appropriate when:
Advantages
1. Highly flexible.
2. Ability to organize the decision-making process.
3. The model also provides a process for leaders to experience the decision-
making process and objective.
Disadvantages
1. The Automation of the process.
2. Lack of considering personal facts of the leader.
3. Questions may not be precise enough to be used or reach an ideal use.
4. It’s also not the best model on use with a large group of people.