Decision making is a significant activity which is conducted in an organization with the aim of selecting the best option between two or more alternatives which can lead to positive results in an organization. In every making, there can be positive or negative results of each decision which is meant. Decision-making process plays a very vital role in our daily lives. Some decision which we make a not that important but some other are very essential in our daily lives (Elwyn et al., 2010). The decision-making process can be categorized into programmed or routine and non-programmed which are strategic decision making. Routine decisions are those decisions which we apply them in our daily lives to solve issues which keep on repeating themselves, and they are often anticipated. A non-programmed decision is aimed at addressing problems which are unanticipated, and they do not occur frequently, and they rely on personal intuition and experience (Williams, McIver, Moore & Bryan, 2008, p.7). In this kind of decision making, a person has to identify the problem and come up with appropriate action which can handle the problem by making the right decision (Elwyn et al., 2012, p.1361). When an organization is faced by a problem, the primary issue which they face is to decide whether decisions have to be made by the organization top leaders or all the employees in the institution should participate in the decision-making process to be able to come up with a solution. Decision-making process is organized depending on whether a group or an individual formed it.
Individual and group decision making have some advantage and disadvantages. Benefits of the individual decision-making process are that it takes a short time and it does not create conflicts which can arise in a group decision-making process because it involves many people with various views. Advantages of the group, decision-making process, are that it is possible to gather a lot of information regarding a situation and how to handle a specific problem because it is made up of many people with different kinds of knowledge, expertise, and information. According to Illing et al. (2013), for decision makers to be able to come up with an accurate decision based on a particular situation they need to have a deep understanding of the situation. Teams members involved in decision making should pick an alternative which maximizes the chances of meeting the objective (Coulter, Edwards, Elwyn & Thomson, 2011, p.300). We all use different decision-making technique depending on the kind of situation we have to handle or the problem which we have to solve. This paper focuses on aspects management of decision making and theory of decision making in Hull and East Yorkshire NHS trust.
Decision making affects almost every aspect of life from personal matters to business project management and even in the healthcare sector. The concept of decision making applies to various situations. A different understanding aspect of decision making makes the process simple and easy for an individual or group of decision maker in Hull and East Yorkshire NHS trust. To make a balanced decision, it is essential to have a brainstorming section in which many various ideas are gathered from individuals to find all possible solution which can be applicable concerning a particular problem or situation (Elwyn & Thomson, 2017, p.1744). A vast number of possible solutions increases the chances of successfully solving a problem or possibly attaining an objective. The more the number of people in a decision making the process the more information gathered. Another critical aspect of decision making is evaluating the ideas which are collected. After listing all the opinions and views which are given out by various individuals, decision makers have to go through them deciding and evaluating the ideas which have higher chances of solving the problem (Orton, Lloyd-Williams, Taylor-Robinson, O’Flaherty & Capewell, 2011, p.21704). For Hull and East Yorkshire trust decision, the process of decision making can include conducting research and conducting focus groups and conducting research. However, for a personal decision, the method can involve talking to your loved ones about their ideas regarding a specific problem or situation. In every aspect of decision making, there must be an agreement. This is the most challenging part of decision making because the team has to decide on the best idea and make a final decision about in the issue (Brogan, Hasson & McIlfatrick, 2018, p.123). Teams member are forced to come together to either vote about specific ideas or have a particular type of consensus which guides them to the final action. Even for personal decision in which it is only one person who is coming up with the ideas it can be intimidating to have a single course of action because sometimes it can be misleading, so it is essential to have a different option in which you only have to pick one from (Reuber, Toerien, Shaw & Duncan, 2015). After making the final decision, an individual or decision-making team members have to revisit the decision to monitor the effects and consequences which are associated with the decision made. For example, if in the Hull and East Yorkshire trust had a choice of using electronic healthcare records in the organization, it is the responsibility of decision-makers to revisit the decision to monitor if it is useful in the organization.
For Hull and East, Yorkshire trust will focus on normative and descriptive aspects of decision making. Normative decision-making aspect takes into account the situation or a problem which needs to be solved and the importance of the decision made in an organization using the following process. The leader has to come up with the decision alone and then after he announces his/her decision to a group or other employees (Coulter et al., 2014). Team leaders may also gather information from other team members. After this step, team leaders approach other team members individually and presents them with the problem or challenges which they are experiencing in the organization so that they can give their idea about how to come up with a solution. The leader has to record the suggestions which he/she receives from each member. He then holds a group meeting where he/she has to present the problem. Team leader asks all the members to participate in contributing to their suggestions, and he/she, therefore, makes a decision alone based on the ideas he gathered from each member. He/she holds another meeting and pleads team members to ignore his/her opinions so that they can make a practical decision based on the most influential ideas by voting or consensus (Agoritsas et al., 2015, p.7624). The last step is a delegate in which the leader does not actively participate in the decision-making process he/she only gives resources. Descriptive aspect of the decision-making process, on the other hand, is concerned with characterizing and explaining regularities of choices which people or employees make in the organization. The adequacy of information and ideas which they provide is tested by carrying the activity more often.
Normative theory of decision making
The first theory is the normative or rational decision-making theory which is an economic principle which assumes that individuals always make accurate and logical decisions which can be applied and used in an organization to solve specific problems and provide them with the highest amount of personal utility. This theory assumes that the decision made by an individual should provide them with the highest amounts of benefits and satisfaction (Elwyn et al., 2017, p.4891). According to this theory, all people or participants involved in decision making actively make maximum use of their advantage in a specific condition or problem and they try all the ways possible to ensure that they don’t encounter losses based on the type of decision which they have to make. The rational theory is based on an idea that all individuals find their thoughts and opinions based on rational calculations, they act with rationality when selecting an idea and they all have an objective of maximizing their goals. This theory also assumes that all the complex social scenarios which individuals face are based on the wrong decision which they make and the actions they take to respond towards a specific situation. Therefore, for social economists to be able to explain social change all actions, they need to evaluate the rational decision which individuals have to make (Leng, Clark, Brian & Partridge, 2017). However, many economists do not believe in the rational theory of decision making because it is based on very many assumptions. Dissenter has been able to identify that individuals do not always make a rational decision which can result in positive outcomes of a situation. This is because who are all human beings and we are prone to errors. Behavioral economics is based on the opinion that people can always make an irrational decision because of various unavoidable circumstances. This happens because people do not always get all the significant information they need to make the right rational decisions.
A rational theory of decision making is faced with a lot of challenges as people argue that it is made up of many unrealistic assumptions. These assumptions are made to merely possible choices and predictions based on the amount of information which is available to a decision maker and the person’s ability to process this information to be able to make the right decisions (Elwyn et al., 2014, p.270). The theory is also faced with challenges like bounded rationality which is an idea that a person capability to act rationally is restricted to the amount of information they are capable of gathering and the cognitive capabilities of their minds. In the rational theory of decision making, a decision maker can lack the ability and adequate resources which are significant to be able to arrive at an optimal solution regarding a specific situation or challenge. Apart from seeking to optimize benefits while reducing costs, people are also willing to select an optimal decision which will enable them to handle their issues more effectively (Leng et al., 2017). The purpose of this theory is to express and explain how people are supposed to behave when facing challenges so that they can be able to make appropriate decisions.
Besides all the critiques and negative views which people have towards a rational theory of decision making, the process is thorough and more complete. It entertains a number of them, and it profoundly considers the all the possible ways in which the decision made can lead to the successful solution of the problem. A rational theory of decision making exposes the manager of an organization into less criticism because it can explain how the decision was made by providing a report and analysis of information (Ellis, 2017, p.109). With the use of a rational decision-making process in this theory, people are satisfied and happy because they can make a general decision from fewer variables and data. Rational theory decision which individuals make are based on scientifically proved data which means that there is no room for errors and mistakes and thus people can make appropriate decisions (Cummings et al., 2017). In rational theory decision making is step by step approach in which a decision maker can define a problem, gather different ideas about how to solve the issue, weight the ideas so that he/she can be confident of the best ideas which can solve the problem and make the final decision which is precise (Vella et al., 2017, p.136). The methodology in the rational theory of decision making caters for addressing complex issues by breaking them down into simple steps and coming to have with an accurate idea and decision which can solve the problem.
Descriptive decision-making theory is concerned with characterizing and explaining the regularities and choices which people are supposed to make. This theory is differentiated from the normative theory of decision making in various number of ways (Taylor, Dowding & Johnson, 2017, p.11). In this theory, people are committed to performing their work more accurately to enhance the accuracy of the decision which is made in the descriptive theory of decision making. Healthcare professionals who are working in Hull and East Yorkshire trust should work hard in forming great therapeutic relationships with the patients so that they can gather accurate information regarding the patient health so that they can be in a position to make an accurate decision regarding their health situation (Harding & Ta?c?o?lu, 2018, p.25). Descriptive theory comprises an individual’s characteristics, and it is aimed at predicting what action a person is about to do regarding a specific situation. It shows what kind of decision a person can make in different moods and altitudes. Descriptive theory of decision making tests the person capability to make an accurate decision based on the kind of ideas and information they have regarding a particular problem. Due to the fact that decision makers are aware that they are being observed they end up not behaving accurately and they can make errors and mistakes which can lead to wrong decision making (Thompson, Moorley & Barratt, 2017, p.1097). Descriptive theory of decision making often leads to consistent results of the decision which is made. People who participate in decision making have confidentiality issues, and they end up not contributing their ideas about a specific incidence.
With the use of the descriptive theory of decision making, it is possible to ensure consistency in an organization. This is because this theory of decision making is clear and it gives guidelines to decision makers on what is expected of them so that they can be able to make effective decisions which will have positive results in an organization (Taylor, Dowding & Johnson, 2017, p.11). The descriptive theory makes it easier for everyone to be able to understand the decision which has been made and follow them. Descriptive decision making involves some training which is made to sharpen the mind of people who participate in decision making in an organization, and they are very significant.
For an organization to be able to improve its decision-making skills they have to implement a number of strategies. First, Hull and East Yorkshire trust should define the value drivers, which include the market, competitor and financial drivers. The driver has to be quantified and associated with a positive result to the organization. The organization also needs to conduct what-if analysis to be able to identify and analyze what outcomes and results they can gain by performing specific actions in the organization (Harding & Ta?c?o?lu, 2018, p.25). The organization should ensure that all employees working in the company actively participate in decision making to be able to gather extensive amounts of ideas which can be used to solve company issues and end conflicts.
Conclusion
Decision making is an essential operation which each organization should have in order to be able to handle some problems which happen suddenly. Team leaders should make sure they gather information from other employees regarding a particular issue so that they can be able to gather a lot of ideas and single the best. Involving employees in decision making makes them feels appreciated which enhances their morale and thus increase in productivity and provision of high-quality healthcare services to patients in the health sector.
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