Abstract
This study explores the influence of decision making in organizational leadership and management activities that impact creativity, growth and effectiveness, success, and goal accomplishments in current organizations. The purpose of this qualitative critical ethnographic study was focused on identifying the factors influencing success in decision making among organizational leaders and managers in organizations’ practices. The qualitative paradigm was used in order to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the issues and challenges influencing effectiveness, and success among organizational leadership and managements in business practices. The author being committed and determined to discovering a pattern of meaning through experience, systemic thinking, assessment, and creative analysis used the Kurt Lewin leadership philosophical underpinning approaches of leadership namely: autocratic, democratic, and laissezfaire methods of leadership decision making processes in the context of this study, with the aim of discovering the main factors rather than specific variables and outcomes affecting decision making among business leaders. Approximately, four hundred past and current business executives and managements participated in this study. Data was collected through structured interviews and surveys. The results that emerged from the data indicated that there is a great need for change and improvement in decision making among organizational executives while accommodating technology, diversity, globalization, policy, teamwork, and leadership effectiveness
Highlights
Leadership decision making (LDM) among other qualities and functions of a leader offers an ongoing creativity and important new insights into leadership and management activities in all organizational operations
The position or title of the participants ranged from “President General” (PG) to the “Founder”: 130 participants had the leadership rank of president general (32.5%), 90 of them were “Executive Presidents” (22.5%), 70 of them had the title of CEO (17.5%), 65 of them had director positions (16.3%), and 45 of them were the founder of their organizations (11.3%)
But are not limited to brain storming, cost benefit analysis, written remediation plans, and an examination of possible choices [80]. The purpose of this qualitative critical ethnographic study was focused on identifying the factors influencing success in decision making among organizational leaders and managers in organizations’ practices
Summary
Leadership decision making (LDM) among other qualities and functions of a leader offers an ongoing creativity and important new insights into leadership and management activities in all organizational operations. The other goal of this work is to discover a scientific break-through which is based on the experience, knowledge, and the skills of the selected participants of this study with the aim of improving quality decision making among leaders and overall accomplishment of organizational goals, objectives, and performance In this regard and for effectiveness, a leader must have self confidence in order to gather and process information and solve problems. The inabilities of some leaders in developing good policy standards, knowledge, basis, protocols, environments, and skill that incorporate support and optimal decision design for their organizations is troubling and have caused the closure of many business in the country due to either law suit or mismanagement. Being able to see problems from a Recieved April 22, 2014; Accepted May 18, 2015; Published May 28, 2015
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