Organizational Behavior : Perception and Decision Making

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Organizational Behavior- Perception and Decision Making

Introduction

In a certain organization , decision making plays a very important role In management , specifically decision making is considered the core of the job . The process of this so called task is quite intangible Although two techniques are usually known , the formal and the logical judgment , it is still considered a complicated task

On this area of business existence , it is very important that the decision maker is able to understand how he should meet the requirements

br for what he is deciding on . Very little is known about how the human brain arrives at a decision . According to Martinez (1983 Introspection sheds little light on the subject because it is difficult to analyze one 's own thought processes . But although this is true , formal logic , which is usually learned in school , could always be applied when making decisions . This though would involve a certain standard agreeable result

Ethics as for example , is such an important aspect of decision making It is much more considerable for a decision maker to follow some morally acquainted process to arrive at a certain solution when facing a certain situation an organization . What is considered ethical when making decisions come to the picture ? First , it involves analyzing or identifying an occurring situation , next is knowing and exploring the alternative solutions for the issue and third is the implementation and evaluation of the gained results . Considerably on this area , strong perception is required . Dealing with certain organizational situations is not an easy job as the existence of the whole organization depends on it . According to Boatright (2000 , The theories and school of thoughts form a basis for beliefs about natural obligation , rights and justice Although it is most likely that this two conflict so much when it is already implemented within the process of making decisions . This shows how complicated the work of a decision maker is . Yes , managers should really be alert to implement the standard process whenever they have to deal with some organizational disturbances . Another way of morally acceptable process of decision making is following the cycle of evaluation , planning , and improvement . This is when a certain situation is dealing with the long-term goals of a company or organization at that . Thus , this would require good management skills , good practice and excellent performance . This cycle of process is usually useful when the decision maker is faced with a situation where the facts

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are clear and there are choices such as right or wrong which are obviously presented . On the other hand , using this cycle on a more complex and complicated situation might not be that effective

As we would consider , some managers , due to the fact that they presume that they already know what they 're actually doing and that they 're already accustomed to decision making , some of them don 't follow any ethical process of decision making anymore . What...