Comparison of Decision-making Skills of Students and Managers

The aim of this paper is to analyze the level of decision-making skills of managers compared to the level of decision-making skills of students. Decision making is seen as a process that is based on our knowledge, skill, experience and partly influenced by our personality. The process ends by the ri...

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Main Authors: Jaroslav Vrchota, Monika Švárová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mendel University Press 2015-01-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
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Online Access:https://acta.mendelu.cz/63/3/1073/
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description The aim of this paper is to analyze the level of decision-making skills of managers compared to the level of decision-making skills of students. Decision making is seen as a process that is based on our knowledge, skill, experience and partly influenced by our personality. The process ends by the right solution of the required quality, time and reasonable acceptability. Data was obtained through a questionnaire survey of 221 managers and 376 students from universities. Using the statistical method we accomplished to demonstrate that managers achieve higher levels of decision-making skills than students. The decision-making were based on analises the three subareas, where they found that students achieve better results in the field of information retrieval, the administration of tasks and justify the decision where executives received an average of 29% more points.
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spelling doaj.art-4502121fca3b4fe391451a4c4b1faa982022-12-21T17:13:05ZengMendel University PressActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis1211-85162464-83102015-01-016331073107710.11118/actaun201563031073Comparison of Decision-making Skills of Students and ManagersJaroslav Vrchota0Monika Švárová1Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1645/31a, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Management, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1645/31a, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicThe aim of this paper is to analyze the level of decision-making skills of managers compared to the level of decision-making skills of students. Decision making is seen as a process that is based on our knowledge, skill, experience and partly influenced by our personality. The process ends by the right solution of the required quality, time and reasonable acceptability. Data was obtained through a questionnaire survey of 221 managers and 376 students from universities. Using the statistical method we accomplished to demonstrate that managers achieve higher levels of decision-making skills than students. The decision-making were based on analises the three subareas, where they found that students achieve better results in the field of information retrieval, the administration of tasks and justify the decision where executives received an average of 29% more points.https://acta.mendelu.cz/63/3/1073/competencedecision-makingstudentsmanagersexperienceknowledge
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title_full Comparison of Decision-making Skills of Students and Managers
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