Making Decisions
The process of taking corrective action in order to meet objectives.
What is problem solving?
The process of developing a group consensus solution to a problem.
What is consensus mapping?
Leader holds a group meeting and tells followers the problem, gets info and suggestions, and then makes a decision.
What is a consult group?
Process of suggesting many alternatives, without evaluation, to solve a problem.
What is incubation?
A person likes to make quick decisions without gathering all information and considering all alternatives.
What is a reflexive decision maker?
The process of generating novel alternatives through role playing and fantasizing.
What is Synetics?
The leader seeks participation, debate, and concurrence on the decision without pushing his or her ideas, but has the final say on the decision.
What is a facilitator?
Thinking outside of the box.
What is freewheel?
Becoming familiar with the problem by getting others' opinion, feelings and ideas, as well as the facts.
What is preparation?
This exists whenever there is a difference between what is actually happening and what the individual or group wants to be happening.
What is a problem?
Polls a group through a series of anonymous questionnaires.
What is the Delphi Technique?
The leader makes the decision alone and announces it.
What is deciding?
Team members should not criticize or evaluate ideas in any way during the solution-generation phase of brainstorming.
What is no criticism?
The ability to develop unique alternatives to solve problems.
What is creativity?
What type of decision maker takes plenty of time to make decisions?
What is a Reflective Decision Maker?
The process of generating and evaluating alternatives through a structured voting method.
What is Nominal grouping?
The leader lets the group diagnose the problem and make the decision within stated limits.
What is it to delegate? (Delegation)
Team members should generate as many ideas as possible.
What is quantity?
Generating as many answers as you can think of.
What are possible solutions?
Which decision maker makes decisions without rushing or wasting time?
What is a consistent decision maker?
The process of suggesting many alternatives, without evaluation, to solve a problem.
What is brainstorming?
Leader individually tells followers the problem, gets info and suggestions, then makes the decision.
What is it to consult individually?
Team members should try to build on the ideas of others and even take them in new directions.
What is to extend?
Deciding alternatives to make sure that the ideal is practical.
What is evaluation?