MANAGERIAL DECISIONS AND COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY: HOW DO MANAGERS MAKE DECISIONS? WHAT DOES NEUROSCIENCE SAY ABOUT?

Abstract

YÖNETİCİ KARARLARI VE BİLİŞSEL ESNEKLİĞİ: YÖNETİCİLER NASIL KARAR ALIYOR? NÖROBİLİM NE DİYOR?

Abstract

Bu çalışmadaki amaç yöneticilerin karar süreçlerini anlamak ve nörobilimin ortaya koyduğu veriler ışığında yönetici karar süreçlerini sorgulamaktır. Bu kapsamda İstanbul ilinde farklı sektörlerden 27 yönetici ile görüşme tekniği ile veri toplanmıştır. Görüşmelerde yöneticilerin karar süreçlerinde rasyonellik, sezgisellik ve bilişsel esneklik kavramlarını nasıl kullandıkları sorgulanmıştır. Alınan yanıtların analizi neticesinde sekiz adet davranış kalıbı bulunmuştur. Ayrıca yöneticiler Hodgkinson ve Clarke (2007)’in bilişsel stili tanımladığı dört boyutlu perspektifte değerlendirilmiş, 27 yöneticinin tamamının kendilerini, “detay” 12 yöneticinin “yüksek analitik-yüksek sezgisel”, altı yöneticinin “düşük analitik-yüksek sezgisel” alanda tanımladıkları görülmüştür. Bu davranış kalıpları nörobilim bulgularıyla karşılaştırılarak tartışması yapılmış, örgütler, yönetim, eğitim ve insan kaynakları alanlarına önerilerde bulunulmuştur.0000-0002-5455-4274

Keywords

• Yönetici Karar Verme,Rasyonellik,Sezgisellik,Bilişsel Esneklik,Nörobilim

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