A few words that I could use that can describe my decision
making style would be firm, fair, unpredictable, conceptual, and practical.
What I mean by that when it comes to being firm, if a decision needs to be made
whether it is made collectively or as an individual I stand for a decision
whether it is good or bad. Fair in
regards to ensuring (or at least trying) to please everyone’s request at an
issue. Unpredictable, I always make attempts to not set patterns or favoring
certain positions when it comes to decisions that need to be made for the
organization.
Conceptual by taking risks, looking forward to the future,
and creative with alternatives with problem solving. Finally practical, I try
to establish a foundation of practicality and simplicity that even those who
truly oppose my decisions can understand and move forward with the issue at
hand and accomplishing the task or goal for the benefit of the organization as
a whole. “The learned habitual response pattern exhibited by an individual when
confronted with a decision situation. It is not a personality trait, but a
habit-based propensity to react in a certain way in a specific decision context”
(Thunholm, P. 2008) I believe this to be true because depending on the certain
situation or issue at hand, I base it off past experiences or lessons from
others to ensure that I make the best decision possible.
The opposite of the words I chose is hesitant, second
guessing, and complacent. I am hesitant in the sense of making decisions when
it comes to high value or high risk missions or tasks in the Army. Second
guessing, I tend to revert back at my decisions made and second guess them and
want to change it when the process is already implemented which would
eventually cause chaos if I did. There are times (where I think to myself) where
I would not want continue with the task and try to rewrite or redo everything
which like I said would cause “chaos”. Especially in a high tempo or high value
task. Then finally there is being complacent or having complacency. I tend to
rely on things the way they are and never look or plan for the worse. I expect
at times things would not go bad and everything will be fine, which to me is a
big mistake. I think this ties into conceptual blocks which are “mental
obstacles that constrain the way problems are define” (Whetten & Cameron,
2011).
The benefits that I see if I were to use the opposites of
what I stated would have to be hesitant. I am usually a hard charging type of
decision maker. I believe that being hesitant (to a certain extent) would allow
me to open the approaches of Creativity. It will bring scenarios into my
thought process and provide me with different options when it comes to an
issue. Instead of automatically going for Plan A I can always plan and possibly
accept a Plan B. “If decision-making styles reflect more basic abilities apart
from habit, then the dependent and the avoidance styles could reflect a
perceived inability to handle the decision situation in itself, a perceived
inability to make effective decisions” (Thunholm, P. 2008)
References
Thunholm, P., Militärvetenskapliga institutionen (MVI),
Försvarshögskolan, & Krigsvetenskapliga avdelningen (KVA). (2004).
Decision-making style: Habit, style or both? Personality and Individual
Differences, 36(4), 931-944. doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00162-4
Whetten, D. A., & Cameron, K. S. (2011). Developing
Management Skills (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
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