Skills Tests -> Are you an effective decision-maker?

 

 ARE YOU AN EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKER?
All of us take decisions, big or small, at various points of our lives. These may be related to our personal or professional lives. These decisions play a key role in determining our success. So answer these simple questions to find out if you are an effective decision-maker. Don't be disheartened by a low score. You can always work towards improving yourself.

Please choose one of the following four options for each of the questions given below
Options-- (a) Never (b) Sometimes (c) Mostly (d) Always


 Questions a b c d
1. Do you like to take decisions only when you are convinced that you have all the relevant information?
2. Do you prefer to work with others rather than by yourself?
3. Do you make fast decisions?
4. Would you rather work for a boss than be the boss?
5. When making a decision do you have an alternative in case you are wrong?
6. Do you think luck is a critical factor that makes a decision work?
7. Do you try to work each problem to the last detail before taking a decision?
8. Do you postpone taking decisions when in doubt?
9. Does your decision change when you know that you will also be affected?
10. Before making an important decision do you consult some reliable sources (people, books etc.)?
11. Do you think that effective decision-makers do not need suggestions from those who work for them?
12. Would you promptly change your decision if somebody points out a mistake with it?
13. After taking an important decision which affects you, do you keep worrying for days?
14. Do you draw out mental road maps for execution of each of the alternatives available to you, before zeroing in on one alternative?
15. Do you have clarity on the final outcome expected out of a decision?

  
 
Skills Tests -> Are you an effective decision-maker?