The Vroom-Yetton-Jago Decison Making Chart. Click here to see Vroom-Yetton Chart
Assigment: In a report using MS Word, describe the following:
Describe the problem. What is the problem? Where, What is desired? What is the current situation?
List the Vroom-Yetton series of questions you asked that relate to the problem using the decision making chart.
- Quality Requirement (QR): How important is the technical quality of the decision? (Does it make any difference? Does any care?)
- Commitment Requirement (CR): How important is subordinate commitment to the decision?
- Leader's Information (LI): Do you (the leader) have sufficient information to make a high quality decision on your own?
- Problem Structure (ST): Is the problem well structured (e.g., defined, clear, organized, lend itself to solution, time limited, etc.)?
- Commitment Probability (CP): If you were to make the decision by yourself, is it reasonably certain that your subordinates would be committed to the decision?
- Goal Congruence (GC): Do subordinates share the organizational goals to be attained in solving the problem?
- Subordinate conflict (CO): Is conflict among subordinates over preferred solutions likely?
- Subordinate information (SI): Do subordinates have sufficient information to make a high quality decision?
Describe the solution that you arrived at when using the decision-making chart.
Attach the MS Word document to an email to me.
Be sure to use the format learned in the earlier assignment using MS Word, e.g., title page, table of contents, introduction, problem or assignment, methods, findings, and conclusions.
7/17/06, revised 1/8/08