Illusion of Control Bias

Description of Illusion of Control Bias. Explanation.

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Definition Illusion of Control Bias. Description.

The Illusion of Control Bias is the human tendency to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes which they clearly cannot.

People often behave as if chance events are accessible to personal control. A well known example is throwing dices: people tend to throw harder for high numbers and softer for low numbers.

This type of Cognitive Bias is particularly relevant for strategists and decision-makers in general.

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  			   Soumyasattwa Roy - India
  	       
  		     Illusion of Control
  	  		 "Decision makers, team leaders, or target setters suffer from this illusion of control, as they think more pushing will increase sales. I think in today's world an organization can do well if that push can be turned to pull concept by creating some differentiator.. If the conversion rate of cold calls to final sale is more then it indicates there is some biasness is acting at the level where decision or targets are been made. Forcing cold calls to increase sale or expectation of sale is the symptom of that biasness."
  			   
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