ABSTRACT
S. P. Robbins and T. A. Judge wrote that intuitive decision-making is an unconscious process created out of distilled experience. Differences between the types can be clarified by the time orientations which characterize each type. Individuals with dominant sensing function are oriented toward the present while the intuitive persons are oriented toward the future. The personality type theory distinguishes between the types in terms of time orientations where the intuitive ones have the longest time horizons. According to Jaques the hierarchical levels in organizations are reflections of the planning time span of the managers and supervisors. A hypothesis has been launched that managers with a decision-making behavior based on intuition and supported by the thinking function would be more frequently found than those with other combinations. A study by J. A. Andersen found—when data was collected from the decision-making styles of 222 managers in eight Swedish corporations using the Keegan Type Indicator—that the majority of the managers were intuitive types.
