Running Head: MANAGEMENT

If your subordinates expect you to be consistent in your decision making style,

but you believe that different decision making styles (e.g., high involvement of

others vs. low involvement) are appropriate for specific situations, how can you

change your decision making approach and yet not seem inconsistent to your

employees?

1. Think of someone you know personally who is an effective decision maker. What

key characteristics would you use to describe this person?

1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of a manager with "good instincts" and

who seems to make effective decisions, but whose approach is more like the

retrospective than rational model?

1. Japanese and Korean managers tend to spend considerably more time on and

involve more people in the...