Decision Making in Organizations: Levels and Questions

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Decision making
Introduction
Decision making can be defined as a method of formulating a course of action within the
organization based on a set of alternatives. It is viewed as the gearing force within the
organization as it spells out how the operation procedures in the production.
In making a decision, there are some levels of decision making which should be
incorporated in the process so as to give a meaningful decision to the organization. Such
levels involve design aspects, behavioural and functional intentions, physical elements and
implementation intentions of the made decision. (Pettigrew, pg.56).
During the research project, discussed below questions will direct the researching team in
formulating their decisions.
Level 1-Design Aspect
Q1.What is the behavioural statement of your staff?
Following the employee’s willingness to work as a team, it shows that they have welcomed
the policies and regulations guiding them within the organization.

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Q2.What are your manufacturing techniques and methodologies?
More and efficient machines have been acquired by the organization in facilitating the
production process.
Q3.What are the set ethical policies and attitude of your staff?
Fair pricing and production of quality goods are some of the set ethical policies between
the organization and the targeted market.
Q4.What is your quantifying aspects within the organization?
Scale weighing and balancing scale are used in quantifying the produced goods to
determine the level output yield per day.
Level 2-Functional and behavioural intentions
Q1. What are the set functional goals of this organization?
Profit maximization, consumers` satisfaction and production of quality products are the
main set functional goals which motivate the production process.
Q2.How many employees do you have in this organisation?
The number of employees depends on the operational departments which have a maximum
number of four per department.
Q3. What is the cost of production?
At the moment the organizational cost of production is very high following increase in the
price of raw materials due to change in climatic condition.