Patterson et al (2002) have proposed 4 decision making techniques, which are Com Leave a reply Patterson et al (2002) have proposed 4 decision making techniques, which are Command, Consult, Vote and Consensus. Patterson et al (2002) suggested that command technique is used when there is no involvement. In other words, they meant that command is used where there is force, or just follow the leader. In both cases there is no involvement. Consultation will happen when a leader is looking for suggesting assistance from the members. Members should have the action of brainstorming during this technique; the leader will have to listen to all opinions, ideas, suggestion and notes. At the end, the leader will have to make a decision based on the previous inputs. Voting is a great strategy as well since it grabs membersÂ’ points. It is very important to use voting when the discussion between members reach to nowhere, the leader will need to save time and call for voting to make a decision. But it has some disadvantages such as ignoring people opinions; in this case the consensus technique is required. Consensus is the most effective towards decision making, but at the same time it is the hardest to occur. Because reaching to consensus point means satisfying all the minds, which is rarely available (Patterson et al, 2002). This entry was posted in Other on December 5, 2021 by .
