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Victor Vroom, a professor at Yale University and a scholar on leadership and decision-making, developed the normative model of decision-making. [1] Drawing upon literature from the areas of leadership, group decision-making, and procedural fairness , Vroom’s model predicts the effectiveness of decision-making procedures. [ 2 ]
The Vroom–Yetton contingency model is a situational leadership theory of industrial and organizational psychology developed by Victor Vroom, in collaboration with Philip Yetton (1973) and later with Arthur Jago (1988). The situational theory argues the best style of leadership is contingent to the situation.
Vroom was born in Montreal, Quebec on August 9, 1932. [1] He held a PhD from University of Michigan and an MS and BS from McGill University.Dr. Vroom initially was interested in music as a child, but later found interest in psychology after taking a career interests test in high school that showed he had the best potential of being either a musician or a psychologist. [2]
Because groups offer both advantages and disadvantages in making decisions, Victor Vroom developed a normative model of decision-making [10] that suggests different decision-making methods should be selected depending on the situation. In this model, Vroom identified five different decision-making processes. [9] Decide
Victor Vroom, in collaboration with Phillip Yetton [61] and later with Arthur Jago, [62] developed a taxonomy for describing leadership situations. They used this in a normative decision model in which leadership styles were connected to situational variables, defining which approach was more suitable to which situation. [63]
Leadership studies is a multidisciplinary academic field of study that focuses on leadership in organizational contexts and in human life. Leadership studies has origins in the social sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, psychology), in humanities (e.g., history and philosophy), as well as in professional and applied fields of study (e.g., management and education).
Kenichi Ohmae - 3C's model and strategic management (1970s, 1980s) Taiichi Ohno - Toyota Production System, lean manufacturing, just in time (1980s) David Ogilvy - advertising (1960s–1980s) Sharon Oster; William Ouchi - Theory Z (1980s) Robert Owen - cooperatives (1810s)
The expectancy theory of motivation explains the behavioral process of why individuals choose one behavioral option over the other. This theory explains that individuals can be motivated towards goals if they believe that there is a positive correlation between efforts and performance, the outcome of a favorable performance will result in a desirable reward, a reward from a performance will ...