Strategically Logical and Ethical Decision-Making in Leadership and Management

The contents of this report explain what strategically logical and ethical decision making is for leaders and managers and how to identify problems and apply logical and ethical decision making practices. Several methods included describe approaches to ethical and logical decision making and models that have been studied and revised to meet the needs of today's organizational structures. The models described include the Hill Model for Team Leadership, McGrath's Critical Leadership Functions, Control Theory, and the Leader-Participation Model of Decision Making. The purpose for this material involves the need to provide a comprehensive guide to understanding team dynamics as they pertain to the decision making process in leadership. Understanding the ethical and logical components of a team encourages leaders to make decisions that are involved with the sometimes complicated implementation of the decision and this material offers guidance for recognizing which decision making strategy best serves the organization's objectives.