Decisions/Conflict Resolution
Decision-making is an important process which can control individual's life, make or break an organization, and can be used to develop leadership in today's business world. To explain why decision-making process is important; an individual needs to understand team decision-making, ethical and effective decision making, conflict sources and solutions.
Team Decision-Making
People work in teams because two or three heads is better than one. However, this is true if the team is working together. When team members do not work together it can bring uncertainty, disorder and confusion on the team. The cause of the team not working together most likely occurs due to miscommunication and understanding the skills of another person.
There are different styles of decision making. The type of a decision styles might be different from one team member to another. Having variety of different decision styles on your team can make your team stronger. However, it can also stump the team due to numerous methods provided by the team member to solve the problem. Understanding your style of decision making is necessary before joining the team. Shelia Porter in her Team Decision Making article suggests asking yourself the following questions: "Members should ask themselves the following: How quickly do I make decisions? Do I prefer to take my time and gather a lot of information before I make a decision, or do I prefer to decide matters quickly?" (Shelia P., 2003).
To work together towards timely decision and completion of the project or assignment, each team member should be familiar with other team member's skills. Each team member should also respect other person points of view. A few people on your team might have different ideas on how they want the project to look which can present a road block for completing the project on time. These types of different problems should be addressed early on.
Before starting on the project with your team members, understand how each
Team Decision-Making
People work in teams because two or three heads is better than one. However, this is true if the team is working together. When team members do not work together it can bring uncertainty, disorder and confusion on the team. The cause of the team not working together most likely occurs due to miscommunication and understanding the skills of another person.
There are different styles of decision making. The type of a decision styles might be different from one team member to another. Having variety of different decision styles on your team can make your team stronger. However, it can also stump the team due to numerous methods provided by the team member to solve the problem. Understanding your style of decision making is necessary before joining the team. Shelia Porter in her Team Decision Making article suggests asking yourself the following questions: "Members should ask themselves the following: How quickly do I make decisions? Do I prefer to take my time and gather a lot of information before I make a decision, or do I prefer to decide matters quickly?" (Shelia P., 2003).
To work together towards timely decision and completion of the project or assignment, each team member should be familiar with other team member's skills. Each team member should also respect other person points of view. A few people on your team might have different ideas on how they want the project to look which can present a road block for completing the project on time. These types of different problems should be addressed early on.
Before starting on the project with your team members, understand how each