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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Chapter 2: Decision-Making Behavior Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Variables influencing decision Individual Organizational Societal Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Societal variables Laws (legal requirements) Meta-values Politics Economics Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Meta-values influencing policy and decisions Liberty Adequacy Equality Efficiency Fraternity Economic development Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Organizational variables School climate and especially culture Political behavior Threat Risk Uncertainty Ambiguity Conflict Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 School climate Physical characteristics Ecology Social characteristics Philosophical characteristics Culture Milieu Structure Organizational characteristics Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 School culture val Culture The element of climate determining normative behavior, especially preferred solutions to common problems values norms beliefs assumptions Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Layers of school culture Top layer Artifacts Middle layer Espoused beliefs bottom layer basic assumptions Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008
Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Personal variables Knowledge and skills Personality Personal values Bias Decision-making style Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008