1 Decision-Making Culture: The Case of Google
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is one of the best-known and most admired companies around the world, so much so that “googling” is the term many use to refer to searching information on the web.
What started out as a student project by two Stanford University graduates—Larry Page and Sergey Brin—in 1996, Google became the most frequently used web search eng.
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2 Understanding Decision Making
Decision makingrefers to making choices among alternative courses of action—which may also include inaction.
While it can be argued that management is decision making, half of the decisions made by managers within organizations ultimately fail (Ireland & Miller, 2004; Nutt, 2002; Nutt, 1999).
Therefore, increasing effectiveness in decision making i.
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3 Faulty Decision Making
Avoiding Decision-Making Traps
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4 Decision Making in Groups
When it Comes to Decision Making, are two Heads Better Than One?
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5 The Roles of Ethics and National Culture
Ethics and Decision Making
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Empowered Decision Making: The Case of Ingar Skaug
“If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got,” says Ingar Skaug—and he should know.
Skaug is president and CEO of Wilh.
Wilhelmsen ASA (OSE: ABM), a leading global maritime industry company based in Norway with 23,000 employees and 516 offices worldwide.
He faced major challenges when he began his job at Wilhelmsen Line.
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Is management decision making?
While it can be argued that management is decision making, half of the decisions made by managers within organizations ultimately fail (Ireland & Miller, 2004; Nutt, 2002; Nutt, 1999).
Therefore, increasing effectiveness in decision making is an important part of maximizing your effectiveness at work.
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What is organizational behavior?
Organizational behavior (OB) is a discipline that includes ,principles from psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
Its focus is on understanding how people behave in organizational work environments.
Broadly speaking, OB covers three main levels of analysis:
- micro (individuals)
- meso (groups)
- macro (the organization)