ABSTRACT
Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................... 260
Description of the Research Problem ............................................................261 Importance of the Research Problem ............................................................261
Overview of the Decision Styles Model .............................................................262 Description of Decision Styles ......................................................................262 Measurement of Decision Styles .................................................................. 264 Application of DSI ...................................................................................... 264
Related Literature ..............................................................................................265 Influences on Decision Making ....................................................................265 Decision-Making Behavior of Project Managers............................................265
Research Methodology ..................................................................................... 266 Selection of Demographic Variables ............................................................. 266 Data Collection ........................................................................................... 268
Abstract: Projects typically involve multiple participants, each with his or her own decision style. Given that projects involve group work, in which it is important that group members cooperate in a manner that avoids the group think and other value-depreciating phenomena. It is important that groups be carefully constituted and one factor to consider is the set of decision styles of potential group members. In this chapter, we present a preliminary exploration of relationships between a set of demographic variables and the dominant decision style. Our preliminary data analysis involves the use of a data mining-based approach to generate some relationships that could be worthy of future exploration.
