The Leadership Competencies and Intuitive Decision-Making of Top and Middle Level Managers in the Automotive Industry

2017 ◽  
pp. 119-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Erenda ◽  
Aleksej Metelko ◽  
Vasja Roblek ◽  
Maja Meško
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Intuitive Decision Making

scholarly journals CORRELATION BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTUITIVE DECISIONMAKING STYLE AMONG TOP AND MIDDLELEVEL MANAGERS IN SLOVENIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Erenda ◽  
Maja Meško ◽  
Boris Bukovec
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Intuitive Decision Making ◽  
High Level

A high level of dynamics in automotive industry requires a high level of skillsfrom its managers to deal with the surprising and unexpected new challenges.According to the testimony of scientific evidence through the use of intuition and intime limited resources, decision-making can improve the time needed to solve them,as well as improve the quality of decisions. The main purpose of the study is toidentify possible correlation between level of emotional intelligence and intuitivedecision-making among top and middle-level managers in Slovenian automotiveindustry. The study included 150 managers in Slovenian automotive industry. Thedata was collected by using two questionnaires. The first questionnaire was used inorder to determine emotional intelligence (SSEIT questionnaire) and the secondquestionnaire was used to identify decision-making style (GDMS questionnaire)among researched managers. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS forWindows 17.0, which showed high correlation between level of emotionalintelligence and intuitive decision-making style among top and middle-level managersin Slovenian automotive industry.

Mental Contrasting of Future and Reality

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Oettingen ◽  
Doris Mayer ◽  
Babette Brinkmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Metacognitive Strategy ◽  
Mental Contrasting ◽  
Low Expectations

Mental contrasting of a desired future with present reality leads to expectancy-dependent goal commitments, whereas focusing on the desired future only makes people commit to goals regardless of their high or low expectations for success. In the present brief intervention we randomly assigned middle-level managers (N = 52) to two conditions. Participants in one condition were taught to use mental contrasting regarding their everyday concerns, while participants in the other condition were taught to indulge. Two weeks later, participants in the mental-contrasting condition reported to have fared better in managing their time and decision making during everyday life than those in the indulging condition. By helping people to set expectancy-dependent goals, teaching the metacognitive strategy of mental contrasting can be a cost- and time-effective tool to help people manage the demands of their everyday life.

Data Collection

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley B. Olswang ◽  
Barbara Bain
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Treatment Efficacy ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
Treatment Progress ◽  
Clinical Process ◽  
Birthday Party ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Intuitive Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Model

For many of us, not having data concerning a client’s progress during treatment is tantamount to being unprepared for a lecture, or showing up at a birthday party without a present—totally unthinkable. This zealous position is based on the assumption that clinical decisions regarding treatment efficacy should be based on data. Data, in this case, refers to both quantitative and qualitative information that provides evidence for deciding the course of treatment. This is not to say that data can and should be collected on every aspect of the clinical process. Indeed, intuitive decision-making on the part of the speech-language pathologist is often warranted. But in general, a series of decisions regarding whether or not treatment is working, can and should be based on data. This article examines the ways in which we can measure treatment progress, and provides guidelines for the reader in the use of a data-based, decision-making model.

scholarly journals Mycological rationality: Heuristics, perception and decision-making in mushroom foraging

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roope Oskari Kaaronen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
Ecological Rationality ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Decisions Under Uncertainty ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
Intuitive Decision Making ◽  
Human Foraging ◽  
Simple Heuristics

How do mushroom foragers make safe and efficient decisions under uncertainty, or deal with the genuine risks of misiden-tification and poisoning? This article is an inquiry into ecological rationality, heuristics, perception, and decision-makingin mushroom foraging. By surveying 894 Finnish mushroom foragers, this article illustrates how socially learned rules of thumb and heuristics are used in mushroom foraging, and how simple heuristics are often complemented by more complex and intuitive decision-making. The results illustrate how traditional foraging cultures have evolved precautionary heuristics to deal with uncertainties and poisonous species, and how foragers develop selective attention through experience. The study invites us to consider whether other human foraging cultures might use heuristics similarly, how and why such traditions have culturally evolved, and whether early hunter-gatherers might have used simple heuristics to deal with uncertainty.

The relationship of caffeinated beverages with depressive symptoms and decision-making

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Hatice Çolak ◽  
Emel Erdeniz ◽  
Esra Tansu Sarıyer ◽  
Ekin Çevik ◽  
Didem Yangın
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Caffeine Intake ◽  
Caffeine Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Intuitive Decision Making ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Caffeine can affect depressive symptoms and decision-making. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the relationship between caffeinated beverages consumption with depressive symptoms and decision-making styles. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 432 adults working in office environment. The questionnaire consisting of individuals’ socio-demographic attributes, the frequency and the amount of caffeinated beverages consumption, the “Epidemiological Research Center-Depression (CES-D) Scale” and the “Decision-Making Styles Scale” were used. The frequency and amount of caffeinated beverages were determined using the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The participants were asked to choose which cup/mug they prefer to drink their caffeinated beverages and what amount they consume that beverage at a time. All the data were collected using online platforms. RESULTS: In the study, 76.7%of the participants were female and the mean age was 31.5±8.0 years. The average daily total caffeine intake of the participants was 425.8±461.4 mg and the total CES-D scale score was 17.7±11.2 points. It was found that as the amount of caffeine consumed increased, intuitive decision-making decreased and depressive symptoms increased (p <  0.05). In linear regression analysis, total caffeine consumption was found to be a significant predictor for the intuitive decision-making score (B: –0.151; p:0.002). When caffeine consumption is controlled, intuitive and rational decision making decreases with increasing depressive symptoms while addiction and avoidance decision making increased (p <  0.05). CONCLUSIONS: As a result, the amount of caffeine consumed daily was related to intuitive decision-making but did not effect depression. It has been observed that depressive symptoms affect decision-making styles in different ways. To our knowledge, our study is the first to examine the effects of caffeine consumption on depression and decision-making styles. Accordingly, future studies may focus on the link between caffeine consumption, depression, and decision-making styles in larger populations and the mechanisms that influence this relationship.

THE INTERACTION OF INTUITION AND RATIONALITY DURING ESCALATED NPD DECISIONS: AN INVESTIGATION OF DECISION-MAKERS’ AFFECTIVE STATES

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050033
Author(s):  
TOBIAS ROETH ◽  
PATRICK SPIETH ◽  
VERENA JOACHIM
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Escalating Commitment ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Intuitive Decision Making ◽  
Affect Infusion Model ◽  
Commitment Escalation

Decision-makers often struggle to terminate unsuccessful new product development (NPD) projects, so that escalating commitment occurs. Although research shows that rational and intuitive decision-making styles (DMS) as well as a decision-maker’s affective state determines the performance of NPD decisions, little is known about their influences on escalating commitment. By applying the affect infusion model in an experimental study, we investigate how a decision-maker’s affective state influence their escalating commitment by focusing on their use of a rational and an intuitive DMS. Our findings, based on 366 respondents, show that a rational DMS is unable to reduce commitment escalation. Surprisingly, an intuitive DMS is able to reduce a decision-maker’s commitment in the case of a positive affect, whereas a rational DMS increases their commitment in the case of a negative affect. Thus, our interdisciplinary research on affect and decision-making extends and contributes to research into decision-making during the NPD process as well as into escalating commitment.

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