The fine art of executive decision making consists in not deciding those things that are not now pertinent, not deciding prematurely, not deciding those things that cannot be made effective and not deciding those thing that others should decide.
From, Functions of an Executive, Chester Barnard, 1938.
Barnard laid the foundations of management theory. Bernard is widely credited with having originated the “Systems” approach to the study of organizations. He recognized that in order for the organization to survive in the external environment and to succeed in the long run, it was necessary to sustain cooperation from employees by satisfying the condition of efficiency.
When there is talk of methodology, process, and tools and this talk is not connected to decision making, measures of performance, and measures of effectiveness - then it is just talk. No actionable outcomes are possible.
