BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY

P.O.BOX 05,
MBARARA.

NAME: ATUZARIRWE JOSHUA

REG NO: 20/BSU/BAMD/0506

COURSE UNIT: PRODUCTION OPERATION MANAGEMENT

YEAR: THREE , 2 SEMESTER

LECTURER: NKUUHE DOUGLAS

FACULTY: FAEST

QUESTION.

1. How does mission, strategies and tactics relate to decision making competence?
Decision-making competence. The ability to make better decisions, 

Decision-making competence is likely to be critical for making decisions emerging in later

life, such as those pertaining to spending down wealth, health insurance, and end-of-life
planning

The following are ways how mission, strategies and tactics relate to decision making
competence.

Mission. This is a summary of an organization's goals and values and the quality and content
of a company's mission statement can affect every part of a business. A mission is an overall
goal of the organization that provides a sense of direction and a guide to decision-making for
all management levels.

Mission helps decision making in the following aspects;

1. Creating identity. Mission statements create the core identity of a company and

establish a basis for everyone in the company to make decisions.

2. Attracting talent or human resource many people use a company's mission statement
to decide if they want to apply because a strong mission statement encourages
talented people to work naturally work together on company projects.

3. Developing purpose. Mission help individuals for example employees see the
meaning and purpose of their work in order to decide on which daily activities to
undertake basing on company’s goals.

4. Aligning behaviors. Mission statements helps a team align their behaviors toward the
same goals because they use mission statements to evaluate a business structure or
make decisions about policies and procedures.

5. Mission help in weighing the pros and cons of each option, pay attention to your
intuitions about what is likely to work best.

Strategy. A decision-making strategy is an approach an individual uses to make an important

decision. Since every situation is different, each decision-making strategy provides a unique
framework to address specific needs and requirements.

Strategy has got the following steps in decision making and include the following;

Determining an organisation's mission and vision.

 It's important to be aware of an organisation's mission and vision as this can help you
understand how to accomplish these goals over the long term and in daily business
operations.

Outlining long-term business goals

They help a business quickly make effective decisions and give measurable techniques to
determine the success and progress of the business.

Deciding on short-term goals for the business.

A company can aim to achieve these short-term goals alongside its long-term goals and align
them with the mission and vision statement.

Determining realistic strategic objectives.

It’s a good idea to formulate objectives to start the strategic decision process. Companies
usually make these strategic objectives as specific as possible. They're quantifiable so a
business can easily review and evaluate its progress.

The reflecting and revising process.

An important part of the decision-making process is reflecting on the progress to date and
revising the goals. It can assess and change them to align with new business goals or to make
improvements to an existing strategy.

A strategy prescribes a path to achieve the mission, answering the question how in the most
minimal way possible.

1. Strategic decisions are basically long term decisions, which affect the way the
company moves forward.

2. For instance, when starting a new business, you need to consider factors like cost,
time and the target market. Hence Strategic decision making will help you formulate a
plan of action and align your both short term and long term goals with the big picture.

Short time goals include location of your store, size of the store, and number of employees,
marketing strategies and how to appeal to environmentally-conscious customers.

Long term goals include working with local vendors to avoid mass-produced items,
minimizing waste by making strategies and spreading awareness about environmental
conservation.
 3. Analytical decision-making

The analytical decision-making strategy uses logic, data and facts to make a rational decision.
This strategy is an excellent choice if you have access to all the information you need to
assess a situation accurately. Analytical decision-making usually follows a well-ordered
sequence of steps that can help individuals break large or complex decisions into smaller,
more manageable tasks.

4. Consensus-based decision-making

A leader presents all the relevant information to team members and requires them to agree on
a single option.  It can promote a sense of unity and teamwork and to speed up your
discussion.

5. Vote decision-making

6. Single feature making decision-

7. Elimination by aspects decision-making

Tactics.  Developing a tactical approach involves setting roadmaps and creating tasks in
order to realize the strategy and the mission.

Tactics is patterns in which the elements of a given level or stratum in a language may
combine to form larger constructions. 

1. Managers use different tactics used to implement specific decisions in their

organizations, including decisions concerning launching a new product, and
modifying an employee bonus policy.

2. The most-used tactic was persuasion, in which managers cite the benefits of a
proposed change to influence those affected to adopt the decision

3. Foster a Collaborative Mind set. Fostering the right mind set early in the decision-
making process is critical to ensuring your team works collaboratively not
contentiously.

4. Involve Your Team in the Process. Team in the process to bring multiple viewpoints
into the conversation and stimulate creative problem-solving.

5. Take a Process-Oriented Approach.

6. This helps in get things done with and through others, which involves leveraging
organizational processes to accomplish goals and produce results. According to

7.  Reiterate the Goals and Purpose of the Decision.  It’s vital to avoid common
management pitfalls and lose sight of the goals and purpose of the decision on the
table.
REFERENCES

www.iedunote.com/mission

Expectancy Theory of Motivation: Guide for Managers

https://www.indeed.com/.../decision-making-strategies

https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/decision-making.

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