ABSTRACT

How a leader makes decisions can be a trust buster or a trust builder. However, many times, leaders involve faculty and sta in what we call pseudo-decision making. Pseudo-decision making happens when individuals give time and energy to decisions that have been already made. Following are some common problems we have observed with decision making in organizations:

THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. e leader manipulates others to participate in decisions when the decisions have already been made. Sometimes leaders think that they can develop support for a decision, so they involve others in this contrived process. However, people will eventually see the deception and feel angry that their time was wasted. Trust will be broken, and individuals will be reluctant to invest time in the future.