Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar.

It is often said that decision making style (DMS) is reflective of leadership style. Numerous studies in the area of Management and Leadership indicate that DMS is a key factor that contributes to the success of both managers and their organizational performance. Using the Decision Making Styles Inv...

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Main Authors: Jamian, Leele Susana, Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur, Aperapar, Parmjit Singh
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2011
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Aperapar, Parmjit Singh
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description It is often said that decision making style (DMS) is reflective of leadership style. Numerous studies in the area of Management and Leadership indicate that DMS is a key factor that contributes to the success of both managers and their organizational performance. Using the Decision Making Styles Inventory (DMSI) developed by Rowe and Boulgarides (1992), this paper examines the managerial DMS ofdeans in one of the Malaysian public universities. The scores derived from the DMS were categorized into four decision styles, namely directive, behavioural, analytical and conceptual. The findings revealed that a majority of the deans adopted at least one very dominant or dominant DMS, i mainly behavioural DMS, along with one or two back-up decision styles. Nevertheless, the overall individual results further revealed that the deans possessed more than one style implying that they have considerable flexibility in their managerial DMS and are able to change their decision styles from one situation to another with little difficulty.
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spelling uitm-296832020-04-14T03:35:48Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29683/ Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar. ajue Jamian, Leele Susana Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur Aperapar, Parmjit Singh Management. Industrial Management Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects. Management information systems. Decision support systems. Enterprise resource planning It is often said that decision making style (DMS) is reflective of leadership style. Numerous studies in the area of Management and Leadership indicate that DMS is a key factor that contributes to the success of both managers and their organizational performance. Using the Decision Making Styles Inventory (DMSI) developed by Rowe and Boulgarides (1992), this paper examines the managerial DMS ofdeans in one of the Malaysian public universities. The scores derived from the DMS were categorized into four decision styles, namely directive, behavioural, analytical and conceptual. The findings revealed that a majority of the deans adopted at least one very dominant or dominant DMS, i mainly behavioural DMS, along with one or two back-up decision styles. Nevertheless, the overall individual results further revealed that the deans possessed more than one style implying that they have considerable flexibility in their managerial DMS and are able to change their decision styles from one situation to another with little difficulty. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2011-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29683/1/AJ_LEELE%20SUSANA%20JAMIAN%20AJUE%20B%2011.pdf Jamian, Leele Susana and Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur and Aperapar, Parmjit Singh (2011) Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar. (2011) Asian Journal of University Education <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asian_Journal_of_University_Education.html>, 7 (2). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1823-7797 https://education.uitm.edu.my/ajue/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Managerial-Decision-Styles-of-Deans-A-Case-Study-of-a-Malaysian-Public-University.pdf
spellingShingle Management. Industrial Management
Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects.
Management information systems. Decision support systems. Enterprise resource planning
Jamian, Leele Susana
Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur
Aperapar, Parmjit Singh
Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar.
title Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar.
title_full Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar.
title_fullStr Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar.
title_full_unstemmed Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar.
title_short Managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a Malaysian Public University / Leele Susana Jamian, Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Parmjit Singh Aperapar.
title_sort managerial decision styles of deans: a case study of a malaysian public university / leele susana jamian, gurnam kaur sidhu and parmjit singh aperapar.
topic Management. Industrial Management
Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects.
Management information systems. Decision support systems. Enterprise resource planning
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