Improving Your Decision-Making Ability
Decision-making ability could be improved by study and practice of the following:
- Become aware of own’s values, and the conditions which support these values, as well as the choices which are available. Study situations carefully, in order to recognise more clearly the cause and effect of actions. Decisions which create conflicts are hard to carry out.
- Develop sensitivity to the individual responses of persons affected by the decision. Personalities differ, and a good manager is aware of the kind and amount of impact on individual persons as a consequence of a decision.
- Be objective in viewing the problem that demands decisions. Try to avoid making decisions when you are upset, tired, or under great stress. Be objective and specific. Focus on solving the problem, not on your emotions.
- Get the facts. Look at the situation in an unbiased way. Review your information clearly and evaluate it objectively.
- Realise that few decisions are irreversible.
