Logical Decision- Making in Public Higher Institution in the Philippines: A Sound and Critical Judgement

The decision-making styles of educational leaders and faculty members of educational institutions define the attainment of success of the organization. This study is conducted to determine the decision-making styles, based on the 4 decision-making styles such as global, logical, personable and sequential; and better understand how the school decision making process effectively work and affect school management. The study was a quantitative research and applied descriptive survey design in which 60 regular faculty members and 10 educational leaders were guided to complete the decision-making style survey, however, consent was sought ahead prior to their participation in the study. The findings revealed that the dominant decision-making style of both educational leaders and faculty members was logical. This style proves that they want specifics and they need a clear understanding of the possible results of the different choices. The educational leaders and faculty members tend to weigh choices and exercise sound and critical judgment while setting aside personal feelings. The result further shows that, generally, there is no significant difference between the educational leaders’ decision-making style and that of the faculty members, however, they just differ on the order of  utilizing the global and logical styles. Both are logical thinkers who analyze between options and draw conclusions based on facts they gather, and thus, faculty members more often subscribe to their leaders’ decision. Thus, harmoniously achieving organizational objectives can be observed. Decision making skills in academic institution is vital to help increase job satisfaction, achieve goals and harness the potential of everyone inside the organization.

Keywords –sequential, personable, global and logical, decision-making