Managerial Support System

Managers and Decision Making

Management, is a process by which an organization achieve its objectives with the use of resources (people, money, material and information). These resources serve as input, while the purpose of the organization is the output of a process. According to Mintzberg (1973), a manager to run 3 basic role, namely:

  1. Interpersonal roles: figurehead, leader, liaison. 
  2. Informational roles: monitor, disseminator, spokesperson, analyzer. 
  3. Decisional roles: entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator.


Decision, referring to the election of 2 or more alternatives undertaken by individuals and groups. According to Herbert Simon (1977), stages of decision-making is divided into three (3):

  1. Intelligence : at this stage to know what is the problem? before we decide anything for sure we have a special purpose for what decision we are
  2. Design :at this stage after knowing what the problem is, and then we make the option if the choice we did not meet the targets or fail, for it should be the creator keputuan thinking of options
  3. Choice : the last stage is to make the decision and Implement the Decision.
Decision Making Process

There are several reasons why managers need information technology support, including: 
  1. Increasing the number of alternatives / option. 
  2. Decisions must be taken within a short time. 
  3. The decision becomes increasingly complex. 
  4. The decision makers are often located in different locations, so that will put them in one place is expensive.


Thats Why Decision Making is Important in Company! 
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