Self Assessment
What Is Your Preferred Decision-Making Style?
The statements in this self-assessment describe how individuals go about making important decisions. Read each statement in this decision-making style inventory and indicate the extent to which you personally agree or disagree with the statement. Answer each item as truthfully as possible so that you get an accurate estimate of your decision-making style.
- 1I make decisions more on facts than my gut instincts.
- 2I feel more comfortable making decisions in a logical and systematic way.
- 3When making decisions, I rely upon my intuition more than anything else.
- 4When I make a decision, it is more important for me to feel the decision is right than to have a rational reason for it.
- 5I won’t make a choice that doesn’t feel right, even when the facts indicate it is the right choice.
- 6My decision making tends to involve careful analysis of facts and weighting of decision criteria.
- 7When I make a decision, I trust my inner feelings and reactions.
- 8The best decisions I make are based on detailed analysis of factual information.
Source: Inspired from ideas in C. W. Allinson and J. Hayes, J, "The Cognitive Style Index: A Measure of Intuition-Analysis for Organizational Research," Journal of Management Studies, 33 (1996), pp. 119-35; S. G. Scott and R. A. Bruce, "Decision-Making Style: the Development and Assessment of a New Measure," Educational & Psychological Measurement, 55 (October 1995), pp. 818-31.
Total Score
Rational decision style
88
Intuitive decision style
88
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Understanding Your Score on the Decision-Making Style Inventory
The decision-making style inventory estimates the extent to which you prefer rational and intuitive decision making. Both the "rational" and "intuitive" decision styles have a maximum score of 20 points and a minimum score of 4 points. Notice that you can have higher or low levels of BOTH decision-making styles. For example, you might score very high on both rational and intuitive decision making. This is not contradictory. Some people engage in more intense rational and intuitive thinking.
The decision-making style inventory estimates the extent to which you prefer rational and intuitive decision making. Both the "rational" and "intuitive" decision styles have a maximum score of 20 points and a minimum score of 4 points. Notice that you can have higher or low levels of BOTH decision-making styles. For example, you might score very high on both rational and intuitive decision making. This is not contradictory. Some people engage in more intense rational and intuitive thinking.
Rational decision style
People with high scores on this scale like to make decisions based on facts and logical analysis. They try to avoid or ignore gut instinct when it contradicts objective information.
People with high scores on this scale like to make decisions based on facts and logical analysis. They try to avoid or ignore gut instinct when it contradicts objective information.
Intuitive decision style
People with high scores on this scale like to make decisions based on their inner feelings or "gut instinct". They try to avoid rational choices if they are inconsistent with their intuition.
People with high scores on this scale like to make decisions based on their inner feelings or "gut instinct". They try to avoid rational choices if they are inconsistent with their intuition.
Questions
Your Answers
1. I make decisions more on facts than my gut instincts.
2. I feel more comfortable making decisions in a logical and systematic way.
3. When making decisions, I rely upon my intuition more than anything else.
4. When I make a decision, it is more important for me to feel the decision is right than to have a rational reason for it.
5. I won’t make a choice that doesn’t feel right, even when the facts indicate it is the right choice.
6. My decision making tends to involve careful analysis of facts and weighting of decision criteria.
7. When I make a decision, I trust my inner feelings and reactions.
8. The best decisions I make are based on detailed analysis of factual information.