Report on Management: Decision-Making Styles in Zookal's Disruption

This report delves into the decision-making approach employed by Haider, the CEO of Zookal, focusing on the implementation of disruptive innovation within the educational market. It identifies Haider's decision-making style as conceptual, emphasizing its strengths in fostering employee engagement and collaborative problem-solving. The report also acknowledges the weaknesses, particularly the high risks associated with this style. Influential factors such as growth strategies, funding challenges, and international expansion costs are examined for their impact on Haider's decision-making. The analysis concludes that while conceptual decision-making can enhance organizational performance and competitive advantage, careful consideration is necessary to mitigate potential risks. Desklib provides access to similar case studies and solved assignments for students.

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Introduction
The following report deals with the decision-making that was undertaken by Haider in
order to implement the required disruption in the educational market. The report opens with the
decision-making style as adopted by Haider. The report further proceeds with the discussion on
the strengths and the weaknesses of the style of decision-making that are adopted by Haider. The
report nears the conclusion with the discussion on the major factors that affect the style of
decision-making that has been adopted by Haider in order to implement the disruptive innovation
in the business organization in discussion, Zookal.
Decision-making style of Haider
The given case study suggests that the CEO and the co-founder of the Zookal has been
using the conceptual style of decision making in managing the changes that have been taking
place within the organization. The style of decision-making that has been adapted by the CEO
Ahmed Haider tends to undertake a socialized approach towards undertaking the decisions that
would in turn affect the operations of the company in discussion. The conceptual style of making
decisions tend to help in the increment of the employee engagement within the organization. The
increase in the employee engagement results from the encouragement that is extended to the
employees in order to put forth the innovative measures that might be helpful in the development
of the operations within the organization thereby leading to the increase in the competitive
advantage of the company in the given market.
Strengths and weaknesses of decision-making style
The conceptual decision making style is one of the decision making styles that involve
the employees within the formulation of the decisions that are taken to improvise the

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performance of the organization as well as help in the development of the competitive advantage
of the company within the market wherein the company has been operating (Phillips et al.
2016). This style of decision-making is completely external in nature and is known to accept the
inputs that are gathered from the external sources (Wittmer 2016). The person taking part in the
conceptual decision-making accepts the external help that the person requires in order to deal
with the issues that are presented within the given organization.
The activity of decision making using the conceptual style involves a certain number of
people from all over the organizational population and thus involves the brainstorming sessions
that are required for the finalizing of a certain decision the implementation of which would help
in the overall improvement of the company (McCabe, Li and Chen 2016). The major strength of
the conceptual style of decision making lies in the fact that the organization has been willing to
take the risks (Slade 2017). This in turn further helps in the discussion on the fact that the
solutions that are drawn from the collaborative efforts that are maintained by the people involved
in the decision making (Karimi, Papamichail and Holland 2015). The major weakness of the
decision-making style lies in the high amount of the risks that are involved within the concerned
organizational decision-making (Shepherd, Williams and Patzelt 2015). Thus, the organizations
that implement the conceptual decision-making are advised to maintain better care while
incorporating the decisions.
Influential factors affecting decision-making style of Haider
The decision making style adopted by the CEO and the co-founder of the Zookal, Ahmed
Haider, is influenced by a number of factors that are present within the organization inn
discussion. The major factor that have been influencing the decision making styles of the CEO,
refer to the issues of the implementation of the growth strategies that are incorporated within the

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given management. The concerned CEO is further influenced by the goal of providing the
students with the benefit of easily accessible and affordable learning. The other issue that had
influenced the decision-making of Haider refers to the issues of the funding that is implemented
within the company. The funding that is implemented within the company poses to be an issue
due to the lack of the proper funding options that are present within the Australian market.
The case study suggests that the CEO of the organization, Haider has been facing issues
in the financial frontier since the thought of taking the business to an international level. The
CEO is seen to have been influenced by the establishment costs that would face a doubling in
case the company attempts an expansion in the foreign market. This in turn has led to the issues
wherein the CEO has been implementing the conceptual decision-making style within the given
organization. This also helps in the increasing the employee engagement within the given
organization in discussion, Zookal.
Conclusion
Thus from the above discussion it might be inferred that the conceptual decision making
style involves the employees within the formulation of the decisions that are taken to improvise
the performance of the organization as well as help in the development of the competitive
advantage of the company within the market wherein the company has been operating. The
organizations that implement the conceptual decision-making should maintain better care while
incorporating the decisions.

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