Cross Cultural Management: A Comparison of Decision Making in Bolivia and Ireland

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Introduction
Decision making is a cognitive process that results to careful selection of a belief. The
choice is amongst alternatives that sometimes pose a challenge to the person involved. The
primary focus of this comparison will be based on two countries; Bolivia and Ireland. Life is
more of making decisions and thus, caution is always to be taken when deciding because
some outcomes in a decision are fatal and may make a person regret in life.
Some steps are involved in decision making. They include the identification of the
decision and nature of the ideas to choose from. The next step involves gathering information
about what to choose. This gives the individual clear information before they make a choice.
There is the identification of alternatives that are cheap and easily applicable and thus they
can be opted for. The success of the opted choice can be looked into to ensure it once
succeeded when applied in the practical world (Lerner, Li, Valdesolo and Kassam, 2015,
pp.813). The next step is taking affirmative action. The step involves reviewing the decisions
made and analysing if there are consequences that can be experienced in the future.
The Hofstede and Trompenaars theory describe the culture and the decision making in
a human being’s life. The theory states that there is a way in which people should act to solve
the problems that they experience in society. They are therefore required to employ solid
decision making. This calls for a sound mind and being sober as one takes a step of making
the decision (Mazanec, Crotts, Gursoy and Lu, 2015, pp.300). In Ireland for instance,
decision making is treated in a special way. There was an act that was enhanced in the year
2015 that was termed as the ‘assisted decision making'. The act was vested to ensure there is
an establishment of a platform where people could raise issues and the contributions to
decision making. The ministry of health was involved because decision making is a health
matter and may affect some people, either mentally or socially (Saaty, 2018, pp.85).