Decision-making Styles

What are the Styles of  Decision-making?

When it comes to making decisions, each person has his or her own style and process. However, there are three predominant styles in the business world:

    Authority—In many hierarchical organizations, the decisions are made by the person with the greatest authority. Even in a cooperative team environment, there are some decisions that should be made by the team leader or deferred to a higher authority.

    Expert—Using this style of decision making, the person with the greatest technical expertise around a certain subject makes the decisions related to that subject. In across-functional team, that would mean that members performing each function would make most of the decisions related to that function.

    Creative—This style is best suited for those situations when an entire team is called upon to make a decision. When such a decision is needed, the team can use the Innovation Process.

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