FEMA Decision-Making and Problem Solving Term Paper

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The most effective decision-making style a leader can adopt, the one most likely to boost morale especially in stressful or highly charged work environments is sometimes an autocratic style, where the leader maintains control and ownership over all decisions made so that outcomes within an emergent environment are more likely to be predictable (Olmstead, 2002). In cases like this a leader must demonstrate strength, charisma and act in the best interests of all parties involved when problem-solving. Outside of this context, in an ordinary environment when decision-making and problem-solving are important, a leader may also benefit by adopting a more collective leadership style, where members of a group are encouraged to provide their input or ideas about a given situation; however I still believe in the environments we reviewed in this self-study course, even if a leader were to adopt this style and collect information from his or her subordinates, he or she would still benefit by having the final say in decision-making, so decisions can be made fairly and equitably, with the interests of the group as a whole, but also swiftly and without delay, so that problems are solved in critical times within a concise timeframe.When a leader adopts the leadership characteristics, ethical traits and decision-making and problem-solving ideologies described above, they will create an organizational environment that is efficient and one that develops a positive and motivated organizational culture.

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