Decision-Making Processes : Decision-Making Processes Part 4: Participative Decision Making
V. Participative Decision Making : V. Participative Decision Making Human Resources Theory
Participation harnesses talents of employees for the organization
Two models of how participation works…
V. Participative Decision Making : V. Participative Decision Making Affective Model
PDM Satisfaction Work Motivation Productivity
of Higher Satisfaction
Order Needs
VI. Participative Decision Making : VI. Participative Decision Making B. Cognitive Model
Upward
Information
Flow
PDM Better Decision Productivity Satisfaction
Making
Downward
Information
Flow
V. Participative Decision Making : V. Participative Decision Making C. Democracy in Organizations
Value on individual goals and feelings
As well as organizational objectives
Encourages individual contributions
Ongoing modification of the organization’s activities and policies by the group
V. Participative Decision Making : V. Participative Decision Making C. Democracy in Organizations
Paradoxes of Participative Democracy
Structure: People are told to democratic, spontaneous, and creative
Agency: We’ll tell you how to participate, but you must do it of your free will
Power: Participation is something the top tells the middle to order the bottom to do
V. Participative Decision Making : V. Participative Decision Making D. Knowledge Management Systems
Three types of systems
Information-based: Focus on compiling and giving access to information—”explicit knowledge”
Interaction based: Through interaction, members make information meaningful to each other and surface “tacit knowledge”
Directory based: Focus on finding out who knows what, so members can consult other knowledgeable others
In Conclusion : In Conclusion Be Sure to Know How the Different Approaches Would View Decision Making