DECISION THAT WORK COMES FROM DISCIPLINED THINKING

·         Success depends upon consistency making high quality decisions.

·         Choosing and implementing best course of action requires disciplined thinking. Following are some pointers for the same.

·         Define Problem

·         Outline what you have to decide and why

·         Frames have enormous power, the way people frame a problem greatly influence the solution Frames the people/organization routinely use for problem control how they will react to everything they encounter.

·         Breaking the problem into logical parts helps in simplifying the issue.

·         Establish Objectives

·         Clearly state the goals

·         Classify the requirements that your solution should meet.

·         Place them in the order of importance.

·         Having too many variables will variables will complicate the problem and make it unmanageable. Keeps things simple right from the beginning.

·         Dwell on a urgency and time available for arriving at a decision.

·         Double other attributes like , who will be involved in decision in decision making, what are the rules of the of thumb to be followed , what process will be used

·         Collect Data

·         Methodically gather all the facts and research for information.

·         Clearly understand the underlying causes, possibilities, probabilities, time constraints, emotions, personal interests or stress and work on avoidable.

·         Guard against the tendency of gathering facts that supports certain conclusion, but disregard facts supporting different conclusions.

·         Develop Alternation

·         Never accept the first feasible option.

·         Keep brain storming and develop alternatives chances of finding a better solution.

·         Only step generating more options when the cost and delay of further search exceeds the benefits.

·         Explore and evaluate the options vis-a-vas the objectives by listing the advantages, disadvantages, effects and implications of each.

·         Eliminate the unfavorable options.

·         Consult experienced people before making final choice

·         Tentative Decision

·         Once settled by best option, visualize the end result by running through the consequences.

·         Action Time

·         Once finalized the decision, commit resources time and money for putting decision into action.

·         No matter how it turns around, take personal responsibility of the decision.

·         Reflect on the decision making to evaluate what was right and what was wrong, to avoid mistakes in future.

·         Consensus Decision Making

·         Means full agreement from all the members.

·         Everyone comes to the decisions making process with a different but equally valid perspective.

·         Each person is entitled to speak

·         This is feasible when the group first resolves so at least mitigates, even the most minor objections.

·         The Process

·         Facilitator frames a topic and the deliberation process is thrown open to whole group.

·         Members are encouraged to articulate differences or dissent and then resolve the disagreements through deep discussion till reaching a mutually satisfactory solution.

·         A dissenting member can choose to declare reservations or show non support while still going along and allowing the proposal to pass, or he can “Stand aside” while he dreams that the decision is wrong and cannot go along with it, but still does not wish to stop others

·         Veto

·         An extreme option to block the entire consensus

·         Consensus does not mean that every member deems the decision ads theirs first preference or the best best choice. What if does signifies is that everyone has understood the matter, shared information, aired their concerns and agree that they can live with the decision while extending their support.

·         They also concur that nobody will talk against the decision outside the group

·         The Aim

·         Members always place the teams need above their own and do not compete for personal preferences, no coercion, trade – off or compromiser anywhere as the group success fully synthesis diverse elements together.

·         This lead to both better decisions and better implementation

·         This improves group relationship dynamics with better connections, trust and cohesion all around.

·         Consensus decision making needs experienced participants who can cooperatively work together.