<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Changes in understanding and interpretation of decision-making processes have shed more light on complex interplay given the different settings, and different actors. The limitations in human decision-making and their significance and long-term implications on organizational management or policy making inspired a large body of evidence and research. Exploration of decision-making processes spans over decades, and is closely connected to the role of power; the amount of power in organizations is usually joined by the knowledge and prior experience, which together play a significant role in decision-making process, as well in selection of candidates for the job. However, there is an evident void concerning publications on decision-making processes in academic institutions, and it rapidly becomes the focus of interest due to a specific opposition contained in its core; positions of high level administrators are held by the university professors with no mandatory previous experience and/or knowledge in organisational management.</p></abstract>

Changes in understanding and interpretation of decision-making processes have shed more light on complex interplay given the different settings, and different actors. The limitations in human decision-making and their significance and long-term implications on organizational management or policy making inspired a large body of evidence and research. Exploration of decision-making processes spans over decades, and is closely connected to the role of power; the amount of power in organizations is usually joined by the knowledge and prior experience, which together play a significant role in decision-making process, as well in selection of candidates for the job. However, there is an evident void concerning publications on decision-making processes in academic institutions, and it rapidly becomes the focus of interest due to a specific opposition contained in its core; positions of high level administrators are held by the university professors with no mandatory previous experience and/or knowledge in organisational management.

Organisational Decision-Making and Academic Institutions

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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Changes in understanding and interpretation of decision-making processes have shed more light on complex interplay given the different settings, and different...

Organisational Decision-Making and Academic Institutions

Published Online: Jul 03, 2018

Page range: 37 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2018-0003

Keywords
decision-making, academic institutions, organisations

© 2018 Ivana Ilijašić Veršić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Organisational Decision-Making and Academic Institutions

Published Online: Jul 03, 2018

Page range: 37 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2018-0003

Keywordsdecision-making, academic institutions, organisations

© 2018 Ivana Ilijašić Veršić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
decision-making, academic institutions, organisations