Fast decision making by avoiding a tendency to overrely on a participative or self-empowered approach to management - Speaking Out

American companies must guard against the tendency to overrely on strategic management techniques based on participative and self-empowered orientations to facilitate organizational change. It goes without saying that these techniques still form a vital aspect of organizational decision-making. However, the swiftness by which decisions regarding the different phases of a business process must be made calls for, to a certain extent, the delegation of authority. Vital to the success of such a system is the presence of managers and workers who are attuned to the workings of the system and who possess flexibility and the ability for parallel thinking and action. Managers must be able to identify the proverbial 'dead horses on the company lawn' to improve product quality, productivity and profitability.

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