Decision making

“The environment in which members of the military must operate poses a severe threat to consistent moral behavior.” (Hartle 1) The opening sentence of Anthony Hartle’s Moral Issues in Military Decision Making starts a conversation with the reader about a serious topic in today’s military. Hartle published the first edition of his book back in 1984 when the biggest threat to the United States was the Soviet Union. After their collapse the landscape of the world changed with the United States…

The Escalation of Commitment in Decision-Making Introduction In essence, various perceptions of a variety of elements in life have been described. Admittedly, such articles include the Steinkuhler et. al. (2014) study as well as its findings that explain the concepts of self-justification, selective perception, sunk cost effect, and over-optimism. Indeed, it is within this context that this paper seeks to give a summarized analysis of the phenomena of self-justification, selective perception,…

Their Effects on Decision Making in the Workplace Irving Janice coined the term groupthink as a phenomenon in which the norm for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action (Robbins and Judge, 2015). Some precursors that may facilitate groupthink behavior are groups that have a high level of cohesion, a group that has been sequestered from expert judgement or individuals who may play “devil’s advocate”, or very stressful or important decision that needs to be…

In today’s ever –changing world, organizations must make decisions to apply strategic changes within the business. This is essential for the organization to adapt to new competitive forces and remain relevant in their market. Yet decision making is not always easy. Once an alternative is chosen, the ultimate success of it depends on whether it can be translated into action. Managers must therefore rely on managerial, administrative, and persuasive abilities to gain support from employees and…

model how to make Ethical Decisions is provided in Army doctrinal publication, but applying wider approach using above mentioned theories provides a better…

Part C - Decision making • Identify the key elements of career decision-making, in the context of life planning; Career decision making is has much more to it than just the paycheck, even though the money is important making money in an unhappy and uninterested way isn’t anyone’s ideal career path. When I intend to make my future career decisions and the decisions I have made thus far there were a few other areas I considered other than the paycheck. An example for this would be back in Sri…

Managerial Decisions Using the Three Managerial Ethical Decision Models. Managers experience situations on a frequent basis that require them to make ethical and moral decisions. An ethical decision can be defined as a decision that is both legal and morally acceptable to the wider community while an unethical decision is either illegal or simply morally unacceptable to the wider community (Jones, 1991). Ethical decisions can be explained and justified by the three ethical decision…

ethical principles, codes, conduct, theories, and decision making steps. The four principles are autonomy (clients right to make decisions with informed consent), beneficence (Medical professional must act in the best interest of the client, non- maleficence (Must not do harm to the client), and justice (). The ethics code and conduct may differ from location to location, but the basics can be found on associations web sites. The decisions making steps will be discussed through the paper. For…

On paper, utilitarianism sounds like a solid and ethical way to approach decision making. When making a ethical decision it is important to understand the consequences that decision has on others. When it comes to certain issues I think that a decision that benefits more people than it harms is one worth pursuing, even if it means the one making the decision might get the short end of the stick. That said it is important to understand the weaknesses of the approach;…

Langendoen and Bartels also express the need for goal-driven decision making asserting that, if the goal is strictly patient comfort, then pressers should be discontinued, however, if the patient’s goal is to maintain alertness and the ability to communicate, then many measures may benefit the patient and should be continued (Langendoen and Bartels, 576). It is also important to revisit and reevaluate a patient’s needs on a regular basis as their care progresses. Some people may argue that…