Decision Making

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Manu Melwin JoyAssistant Professor

Ilahia School of Management Studies

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

Agenda • Decision Making. • Individual Decision making

1. Pareto’s principle by Vilfredo Pareto.

2. Urgent/Important matrix by Stephen covey.

3. ABCD method by Brian Tracy.

4. Grid Analysis

5. Star bursting.

6. Six thinking hat by Edward De Bono.

7. Situational leadership by Hersey and Blanchard

8. Ladder of inference by Chris Argyris.

What is a decision?

• Decision is the choice made among two or more

alternatives.

• Decision making occurs as a reaction to a problem.

• Problem is a gap between the present state and

expected state of affairs.

Write down one difficult decision you have taken in your life.

• What

• Why

• How

• Result

Pareto’s Principle

Pareto’s Principle• 80% of your phone calls go to 20% of the names on your list

• 20% of the streets handle 80% of the traffic.

• 80% of the work is usually done by 20% of the people.

• 80% of your monthly pay check vanishes in 20% of the month.

• 80% of the meals in a restaurant come from 20% of the menu.

• 20 % of your colleagues probably give you 80 % of the support you need.

• 20% of the people cause 80% of the problems

• 20 per cent of criminals account for 80 per cent of the value of all crime.

• 20 % of the people owned 80 % of the wealthWrite down two observations on 80/20 principle.

Pareto’s Principle

• Write down 3 most

important tasks if you do

superbly well and

consistently would have

significant positive result to

you as regional managers.

(Your crucial 20 % of input

that creates 80 % output)

20 % of input creates 80 % of output

First things first

1. A – Must do.

2. B – Should do.

3. C- Nice to do.

4. D – Delegate.

5. E - Eliminate

Write down the key responsible actions in your job description and assign each on to the respective category.

Pareto’s Principle

• What are the 3 most

important tasks that a

BMs/ ABMs/COs should

do?

Grid Analysis

You need to buy a computer for the branch. How will you take the decision?

Star BurstingYou are asked for start a new ESAF branch from scratch.

Six thinking hats

Use six thinking hats and write down three points each on your new job posting.

Situational leadership

by

Hersey and Blanchard

Ladder of inferenceOne new JCO in your branch has underperformed for the last two months. What will you do?

Recap of main pointsDecision Making.

1. Pareto’s principle by Vilfredo Pareto.

2. Urgent/Important matrix by Stephen covey.

3. ABCD method by Brian Tracy

4. Grid Analysis.

5. Star bursting.

6. Six thinking hats by Edward D Bono.

7. Situational leadership by Hersey and Blanchard

8. Ladder of inference by Chris Argyris.