While reading “Principles of Management” , I learned all about decisions. The text describes decisions as a key part of management. It mentions how one decision in an organization can start a chain reaction. It’s key to understand that decisions need to be made ethically as they affect so many people. 

This text reminds me of myself when I often make decisions quickly without thinking carefully. I have made many mistakes from not thinking about the effects of decisions on others. I realized that the main issue was I didn’t look at all the options present. Realizing that I make decisions based on emotions is critical to changing my ways in the future. 

I have worked with many decision making models for organizations in my other classes. For example, the most common one I remember is the ProACT model. I feel like models like this help my decision making process within an organization. It helps me gather all information and properly define my problem from the start. I am able to look at all options rather than picking one immediately. 

In the world, we see so many different businesses get into large scandals because they didn’t make decisions properly. This costs them their reputation and, ultimately, sometimes their whole business. This shows just how costly making improper decisions is to an organization. Leaders who make these poor decisions could use models in the future to change the way they look at problems. Publisher. (2015).

Principles of management. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing edition, 2015. This edition adapted from a work originally produced in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that it not receive attribution. https://doi.org/10.24926/8668.1801