The Best Decisions are clustered

The decision making process is a most critical part any organization. The more time taking it take the more chances of losing opportunities may occur. According to the article in the strategy-business Most of the organizations are unnecessarily burdened by widespread breakdowns in the decision-making process which efficiency and narrow down opportunities.

Senior executives are often burdened by loads of emails waiting to be decided and executed. It wastes time, energies and resources of a company. They may get together on several corporate lunches just to decide upon a raw material provider.

The reason could be an unclear decision making rights or a poorly defined responsibilities. People normally don’t know about their limits of decision taking rights.

A “decision inventory” is normally used to simplify such situations. Every one has a well defined authority smoothly run organizational operations. But the decision inventory also has a limitation of being static in a dynamic environment. Every decision could not be categorized. A sudden addition in the product line or a natural disaster could put you in a difficult situation.

The method of making clusters for decisions is resulting in a favorable output. While running a decision inventory, some clusters should also be made to cover unforeseen situations. For example: If a decision about moving a local office does not require involvement of the corporate/headquarter. The decision should be taken with in a regional authority and be executed without involving the head office. Same is the case with the head office. A merger or an international partnership should not involve the regional or local offices.

Dividing decisions in a broader perspective can help smoother operational flow of any organization.