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Individual Decision-Making Process Analysis

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Decision making is an important process that managers have to face in any particular organization. It is the process where decision makers have to make a choice from various options based on their believed (Al - Tarawneh 2012). Several decision processes and model is being used in every decision making. In this paper, the fluid decision process and rational decision model are being discussed with reference with 2 organizations from tigerair Mandala and CapitaLand.
Decision making can be categorized into individual decision making and group decision making. Individual decision making is the choices that are made only by an individual (Sager & Gastil 1999). Group decision making is where various individuals come together to examine problems, evaluate alternatives, and choose the most preferable choice (Francisco, Enrique & Witold 2013). In an organization, individual decision can be a decision made by the CEO of the company while group decision can be a final decision made from a number of departments after discussion. In every individual or group decision making, there are processes and models involved. …show more content…

The garbage can model of decision making is a process of mixed-up decision making which problems, solutions, decision makers, and choice opportunities communicate and form a decision. A problem in one place can be a solution for another place (Fioretti & Lomi 2009). As for the political decision making model, it involved a variety of individual conflicting values, goals, and interests in a complicated environment. It is a process of conflict settlement whereby individual each having a point of view and bargain with each other before having a consensus building that result in a give-and-take decision (Alkaraan & Northcott …show more content…

This decision is made by the shareholders therefore a group decision making is being practiced in this situation. The fluid decision making process can be identified in this situation. Tigerair Mandala is suffering heavy losses and the shareholders have to save the company by looking for buyers to fund the airline. They had conducted formal meetings with possible buyers such as Malaysia 's AirAsia and Indonesian carrier Citilink. However, the response was negative, which lead the shareholders to finally give up on the airline by not funding them. Therefore, it can be seen that the decision is made by the highest authority people in a formal and well planned

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