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Do a Brainstorm Session to Make (or Prepare for) Major Decisions
V SHRIDHAR, Consultant, India, Member
It is adviseable to conduct a branstorm session before any big project for an effective decision making. In my long years of industrial experience I have found it is useful and wise to do brainstorming before taking any major decision.
The members of the group should be from various functional areas, such as production, planning, purchase, maintenance, stores and safety. This helps in two ways:
1. All aspects are covered while a final decision is made,
2. It makes all the members duty bound to adhere to the decision.
Note that it is imperative that the person responsible for making the decision is answerable and will be held responsible for the final outcome....
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Manager's Competence for Guide Brainstorming
Miftachu Rochman, Indonesia, Member It's a challange for any project manager to motivate all participants and make them express their opinions. How can a manager build his competence to ... |
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Manager's Competence in Guiding Brainstorming
Jamil Adil, Manager, Pakistan, Member It is a real challenge.. Let me first amend to what Shiridhar has mentioned.
The project manager should be an excellent facilitator to ensure th... |
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Brainstorming for Decision Making
zahid Hussain, Management Consultant, Pakistan, Member In my opinion, when you do a brainstorm to prepare for major decisions, the selection of the team for the brainstorming session is important. <... |
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Brainstorming and the Requiring Environment
Nick Anderson, Business Consultant, United States, Member In my experience, for brainstorming to lead to ideas that people are committed to only happens when people are on the same page.
Apart from the s... |
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Open Forum may present Better Options
Luciano Santini, Coach, United States, Member I believe that before making the final choice on a project all those involved need to sit and listen to all options. This will give an open forum and ... |
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Brainstorming and Leadership
V SHRIDHAR, Consultant, India, Member Brainstorming, as everyone has agreed is a means to take right decision for successful completion of a project. Many a time there is no choice for ... |
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Brainstorming Requires Neutral Moderator
Prabhakaran, Manager, India, Member Yes. Brain storming is effective tool for decsion making. But to avoid biased conclusion, a neutral moderator has to head the session.... |
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Brainstorming is an Aid to Decision Making
S. M. Sapatnekar, Director, India, Member Planning and executing a brainstorm is a moderator's challenge. It is a balancing act between keeping the participants focused on one issue at a time,... |
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Combining and Redesigning 2-3 Ideas...
Amanda Strydom It is always important to listen to the "no's" that show up.
Personally I found that often a combination and redesign of 2-3 ideas becomes a ... |
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Brainstorming: a Habit
Mahesh Kumar, Manager, India, Member Every efficient object we see around is a result of successive brainstorming sessions. We just need to keep doing it as a practice to keep improving o... |
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Brainstorming: not Always Good D/M Tool
Ramji Sharma, Professor, Nepal, Member Brainstorming is a good technique when you have to make a great decision in an area where you are not confident enough to make the decision on your ow... |
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Brainstorming depends on Leadership
P.R.RAVINDRAN, Partner, India, Member Everything depends on the type of leadership the organisation is enjoying (or suffering).
If the soil and climate are conducive and the farmer t... |
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What is Brainstorming and what it is Not
Tony Pagliaroli, Strategy Consultant, United States, Member Over the years, the word 'brainstorming' has taken on many different meanings and uses; good and bad. Let me offer another perspective here. Generally... |
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Brainstorming with a Little Extra
Sheajad Bhayani, Student (MBA), Member Osborn's brainstorming is good. But we can add our own ways/ideas to it. Osborn's ways (in my opinion) does not look much on productivity (of individu... |
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Brainstorming for Management only
Shankar, Manager, India, Member So many reactions from various countries! This itself looks like an informal brainstorming session. However, there is a distinct undertone, though sub... |
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Brainstorming and Problem Solving
Solomon Trevor Mokadi, Manager, China, Member My take on this topic is that you need a balanced moderator but most importantly someone who has a clear understanding of the topic at hand. Else you ... |
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Accountability in Brainstorming
V SHRIDHAR, Consultant, India, Member @Robert, according to my view, brainstorming as we all know is a platform for democratic, transparent, free & Frank discussion. Brainstorming will yie... |
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Brainstorming versus the Actual Decision Choice
Rob Bikoko, ICT Consultant, Zimbabwe, Member My take is while we observe the fundamental rules of being democratic, transparent, free and frank, acceptance of diversity of opinions, effectiveness... |
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Brainstorming and Decision Making
Pradeepbajaj, Director, India, Member We are living in an age, with newer bottles and same old wines. It is a foregone conclusion that older the wine, the better the quality. But fundament... |
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