This assignment talks about  The Effects of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors.Decision making and producing results are two responsibilities of any leader. As you continue to develop as a leader, you will be tasked with more situations where decision making and results will be a larger part of your evaluation.

  The Effects of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

Review the following lecture:

· Firstly, mindful Decision Making and Driving Results

Project

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics of this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction

Decision making and producing results are two responsibilities of any leader. As you continue to develop as a leader, you will be tasked with more situations where decision making and results will be a larger part of your evaluation.

Tasks

Read the following articles along with this week’s lecture:

·      The Effects of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Decision-Making Styles on Transformational Leadership Behavior

·      How Leaders Communicate Big Ideas to Drive Business Results

Understanding the different decision-making styles does a lot of good things for you:

• Boost your confidence: When you understand the behind-the-scenes workings of how you reach a decision, you’ll feel more confident in the final result. This is especially important when you consider that half of business leaders don’t feel confident leading their teams.
• Address your weaknesses: Knowing your decision-making style will help you address your blind spots before they cause problems.
• Collaborate more effectively: Recognizing your own style is great. It’s even more powerful when you understand how other people make decisions, too. You’ll delegate smarter and find group work easier with this information in your mental tool kit.

Combine all of the above, and you reach the biggest perk of knowing your own style: you make better decisions.

You can play to your strengths, mitigate your weaknesses, and tailor your approach to best suit a specific situation.

4 types of decision-making styles

When it comes to decision-making styles in management, there’s no such thing as “good” and “bad.”

There are four distinct styles, each of which has its own unique pros, cons, and use cases. Let’s take an in-depth look at each of them.

1. Directive decision-making

Think about the term “directive.” It sounds like you’re taking charge, doesn’t it? That’s a good way to think about this decision-making style.

When you’re a directive decision-maker, you rely on your own insights and experiences to make decisions. You don’t feel a need to pull in the opinions or perspectives of others. You’d rather weigh the pros and cons yourself, make a choice, and then loop others in.

In group settings, these are the people who take charge. They know what they want, and they direct other people to do whatever it takes to get it.

You might also hear this called independent decision-making, decisive decision-making, or autocratic decision-making.

How to recognize directive decision-making:

This decision-making style is great for:

• Situations when a swift decision is required and there isn’t time for collaboration and consensus
• Situations when there’s only one answer or way forward, as evidenced by rules, processes, and previous events

Directive decision-making can be challenging when:

• Teams or groups want to contribute their opinions to the decision-making process, rather than having directions handed down from on high
• Navigating a situation you haven’t been in before, as there aren’t existing processes or past experiences to lean on

Using these articles as suggestions, develop strategies that will drive your decision-making practice and produce results as a leader. Be sure to include specific examples of:

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