Decision-Making In Health And Social Care

Top-level executives and key managers are at the helm of the decision-making process with the focal point being selecting the best choice. Selecting the best choices or alternative of choices derive from assessments, interviews, surveys and audits that evaluates the strategic position of the selected choices. Consequently, the chief executive officer at some point should show how the middle-managers, front-line managers, employees and client fit into the decision-making process.

The demand for higher quality of health care is a growing phenomenon. To help meet this demand, a more patient-centred version of health care is being emphasized. One of the components of patient-centred care is shared decision-making (SDM), which has become an essential part of health care delivery. A plethora of studies has demonstrated its impact on health and health care, and they emphasise the need for clinicians to provide opportunities for patients to be more engaged in their health care.

The impact of communication on the decision-making process is an important topic for discussion in human service organizations. According to Jagg, “Decisions may be made by a single leader, a committee or a large group of people, depending on the nature of an organization” (2016). Decisions range from very little importance to very high importance with choices that can affect the organization and those who work in it. When communication is done on an active level by the people of an organization the decisions that are made are more informed and effective.

As the CEO of a healthcare firm, it is necessary that the employees understand the decision-making process (Goetsch & Davis, 2014). This will be easier by establishing a connection with them and make them be on the same page for goals and objectives. It will also be useful to build constituency of the employees who are engaged and understand their unique set of talents and offerings to make them part of the decision-making process. It will be useful to get feedback and understand the barriers to engagement and the understanding of the employees. The rationale is that all organizations are operating in a competitive world where all quality product and services must be created at the lowest cost, for all the organizations including healthcare

The looming changes in health care are a frequent topic in many meetings with health care providers. Budget cuts are not just a speculation but are a reality. Decision-making to provide quality patient care with less money is a challenge at best. Health care management decisions are made daily and these affect many patients both positively, and negatively. Texas state department budgets are continuing to become leaner, and the Medicaid population seems to be continually growing. Texas currently has an “unemployment rate of 6.4% along with an 18% statewide Medicaid population” (Kaiser State Health Facts, 2013). Although these numbers are slightly under the national average, they are daunting when broken down by total population of the state

Decision making is the process of making choices by setting goals, gathering information, and assessing alternative occupations.

The Institute of Medicine (2001) finds that the health care delivery system is "poorly organized 她verly complex and uncoordinated," (p. 1). The "cumbersome processes" waste resources, lead to "unaccountable voids in coverage," and also a "loss of information," all of which are serious concerns to all patients and especially those with chronic conditions (Institute of Medicine, 2001, p.1). The goals for improving the current system include creating a safer, more effective and patient-centered health care experience. Services should be delivered in a timely, efficient, and equitable way (Institute of Medicine, 2001). In order to reach these goals, the Institute of Medicine (2001) suggests ten rules for redesign. All healthcare organizations should already be following these rules in order to deliver quality care. San Diego's Sharp HealthCare center is one organization that is doing its best to meet the goals as stated by the Institute of Medicine, and work within the ten rules framework for redesign and fundamental change.

My highest style for decision-making is Directive, where I have low tolerance for ambiguity but I am efficient, rational, and logical in the way I think. I am focused on short term and quick to make decisions with minimal information and not carefully analyzing other alternatives. My lowest style would be behavioral, where someone with this style will work well with others, are open to suggestions, and are concerned about the achievements of their team. They generally try to avoid conflict and place importance on their acceptance by others. Which as me I do not care really to be accepted by others, I want my work done fast and right the first time. I have always been told “Why do anything

Everyone goes through similar decision-making processes umpteen times every day, regardless of their position in the organization. From the ground up - the security guard who needs to decide whether a person is authorized to enter the premise, to the top management, who at times must decide whether it is the time for the company to expand its market.

There are many obstacles executive leaders need to overcome when presented with the challenge of effective decision-making in a business environment. These obstacles include multiple alternatives available to a problem that have a high probability of a successful outcome, the inability to determine the successful outcome of a decision, lack of information available to formulate a decision, irrelevancy of past practice as a guide, and the influence of the unpredictable nature of live variables when making business decisions. The first goal of this chapter is to help readers understand what decision-making is and the various factors that influence decisions for

Decision making - no longer the preserve of middle managers or business analysts-occurs throughout the business, from boardroom to front office.[6]

Decision-making is a major job tasks for all managers. When making decisions that impact people’s everyday lives such as salary, vacation and job tasks the decision making process is even more important. Leaders must be strong willed and must have support of subordinates when making life-altering decisions (Maxwell, 2013). Being in education I deal with decisions being made about my job with out my input daily. The government constantly makes and alters decisions that affect my observations, curriculum and everyday job tasks. This type of decision-making is called autocratic decisions. Yuki (1990) states that autocratic decision-making is where the leader makes a decision without asking subordinates. However, autocratic decision-making is not the lone procedure when making decisions within an organization. Decisions procedures also consist of consultation and group decisions (Yuki, 1990). Throughout this paper we will be discussing the three decisions producers in relevance with the Alvis Corporation text.

Life is all about decision making it’s the one important tool you need in life to become successful. There are many factors that go into decision making however in certain situations there are different ways to approach a specific decision. The 4 styles of decision making are directive, analytical, conceptual, and behavioral. These styles are good to use in certain situation however for this assignment we must choose one style. In order for you to understand why I am choosing one style over the other three I need to explain each them to you. The directive approach rely on their own knowledge, experience and judgement. The analytical approach involves analyzing large amounts of data before making your decision. The behavioral approach tries

This report provides information about the critical reflection of my personal decision making situation in the workplace or a similar environment and give some suggestion about how I might have dealt these issues. In preparing the report, I revised my personal report and have a group discussion where other person’s views were considered. Following critical analysis and critical thinking about the decision making in the case, I will be like to analysis the case and my

Decision making and planning can be rightly called the primary management tasks and these tasks occur at every level of management although naturally the type of planning and decision making will vary between the levels without decisions and actions they planning process is a sterile exercise it takes place within each of the management functions it is choosing between alternatives is an integral part of all management tasks and it occurs in all levels. The type of decision taken varies but all decision makers go through the same processes and all managers must choose the outcome of their choices and must be responsible for the outcome of the choices made during appraisal. Decision making involves principal phases (finding occasions for making decisions, finding possible causes of action choosing among ones of action and evaluating past choices. The task of management involves making of Cottles decision, so much so that some believe management is decision making there are many subsidiary acts in decision which are themselves automatic of which the processes are usually unknown to the actor himself.