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To what extent does your current (or former) organization contend with barriers to effective decision making? How does the organization overcome these barriers in order to make sound decisions?

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My current organization which is an IT services firm faces some of the common decision making barriers on a regular basis. For example, one of the key barriers to decision making is lack of clear knowledge of the underlying problem or cause of the issue and goals and objectives of the decision. In the absence of clear knowledge about the real cause and ultimate goals, a decision can go in the wrong direction. My organization overcomes this barrier by making sure that all the information pertaining to the decision is clarified in advance and extensive investigation and analysis is done to ...

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