Working Smarter: Leveraging Information for Group Decision Making
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2012_0401_GroupDecisionMaking_QuaadgrasEdwards.pdf
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Author(s)
Quaadgras, Anne
Edwards, Tony
Date Issued
April 19, 2012
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass.: Center for Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation
Quaadgras, Anne and Tony Edwards. “Working Smarter: Leveraging Information for Group Decision Making.” MIT CISR Research Briefing Volume XII, no. 4 (April 2012). https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/174744.
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MIT CISR Research Briefing, Vol. XII, No. 4
Abstract
In this briefing, we show how groups of professionals work smarter by making better decisions in near-real time, nonroutine, high-risk situations. In this study of six oil companies, we find that implementing effective group operational decision making across a global firm requires active involvement of local groups as well as global support, in the form of specific global organizational units that sustain and scale new ways of working. These global units are not implementing change top-down; rather they are working center-out. They coordinate efforts around continuous improvement and integration of effective practices, adoption through business pull, global governance by top operational leaders, and multiple forms of ongoing coaching. This briefing is the fourth in our working smarter research.
Subjects
Organizational Structure and Agility
Data Management, Analytics, and Use
IT-based Business Transformation
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CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International)
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