Decoding Organization's Decision Making Process

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Step 7: Decision Making Process

Decision making process is one of the most important parts in every organization. The goal of decision-making in organizations is to improve the function of the organization. The process of making quality decisions in human resources is unlike other important decision processes. A good decision process must have effective ways to identify and gather relevant and complete information, but it must also be so structured that the human interactions or psycho-social factors involved in decision-making are channelled toward quality decisions. An organization may have excellent information, but the individuals making the decision may be unable to process this information effectively, they may be inclined to conflict …show more content…

The levels of proficiency are defined as awareness, the ability to explain, describe and demonstrate knowledge. Comprehension, building on awareness, comprehension demonstrates an understanding of the process to apply knowledge to perform the competency. Proficiency, building on awareness and comprehension, proficiency demonstrates the ability to draw upon prior experience to perform the competency by planning, interpreting and tailoring to their environment. For each functional competency, the proficiency level at which it is to be demonstrated is specified. (OECD, Better Policies for Better Lives, Competency Framework, …show more content…

An individual hired even by the most systematic and thorough means may turn out to be a poor performer. Our decision to terminate may lead to divisiveness, lowering of morale, loss of productivity, even public censure. But there is no doubt that such poor outcomes are much more likely to arise when decision-making is informal and unsystematic. In an age of considerable liability for human resource decisions, our greatest danger is when we act without complete information, when we act too quickly, when we fail to consult all appropriate sources, and when our deliberations are based not on facts but on the intuitions or prejudices of ourselves or others. It is also essential to realize that decision-making is a distinctly human process. Human interaction, interpretation, and evaluation play an essential role, and because humans possess both strengths and weaknesses, good decision-making strategies need to be developed so that these strengths are promoted and the weaknesses suppressed (Mollie Lombardi, Jayson Saba, Aberdeen Group A Harte-Hanks Company. Talent Assessment Strategie- A Decision Guide for Organizational Performance,

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