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Vroom and Yetton’s Normative Decision Model

Share this page: Share Webmail / Other Victor Vroom and Philip Yetton developed a decision-making tool to help leaders determine how much involvement they should seek when making decisions. In order to use the tool, you will need to answer the following questions about the decision in question and rank them as either high (H) or low (L): Decision Significance: is this a significant decision? Are the consequences high (H) or low (L)? Importance of Commitment: do you need employee cooperation in order to implement the decision? Is the level of coorperation needed high or low? Leader Expertise: do you have all of the information needed in order to make a high-quality decision? Is your expertise in this area high or low? Likelihood of Commitment: if you make the decision alone, what is the likelihood that the employees would accept it? It the expected level of acceptance by the employees high or low? Goal Alignment: are the goals of your employees aligned with the goals of the organization on this particular issue? Is the goal alignment high or low? Group Expertise: does the group have expertise in this decision-making area? The group in this case is the employees, with whom you are considering consulting on this decision. Is their level of knowledge about this area high or low? Team Competence: what is the ability of this particular team to solve the problem? Would you rank their ability to work together as a team to solve problems as high or low? As you answer the questions above, track your progress through the Vroom-Yetton funnel depicted below. What conclusion do you arrive at? Should you consult the employees as a group, or as individuals? Should you just make the decision yourself? Should you delegate the decision to the group, or should you facilite a group discussion about the decision? The above image is made available through: CreativeCommons.org Derivative by Athivia College (2010), Original materials: Erdogan, Berrin., Bauer, Talya., and Carpenter, Mason., Principles of Management. Retrieved Apr 15, 2010 from http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/node/28982. Erdogan, Berrin, Bauer, Talya, , and Mason Carpenter. Principles of Management. 1969 . Flat World Knowledge. 15 Apr, 2010.