Organizational Theory Decision Making

DescriptionIn Chapter 10, you read about decision making for organizations. Decision making can be one of the most complex and overtly political activities of an organization, whether that organization is private sector or public sector. When dealing with public organizations, even decisions that seem mundane, day-to-day decisions can have long reaching impacts (good or bad). Public administrators, non-profit managers, and governmental bodies have to use decision making frameworks (decision making models) due to how their decisions can affect the public in such drastic ways. For this essay, I want you to pick a case study (i.e., example) from the public sector and use what you learned about decision making in Chapter 10 to analyze that decision. For example, you could consider the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and how the poor decisions of public sector administrators led to disastrous results for that community. Your case study could be something in the news recently, something you have experienced first hand in your job, or something historic. The example you use does not necessarily have to have a bad outcome – the public sector makes great decisions every day that have outstanding results for the public.