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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT

Comprehensiveness in Strategic Decision Making: Toward Clarifying the Construct

Author(s): Kiran M Ismail, Xia Zhao

Citation: Kiran M Ismail, Xia Zhao, (2017)"Comprehensiveness in Strategic Decision Making: Toward Clarifying the Construct," American Journal of Management, Vol. 17, Iss. 4, pp.133-142

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to clarify the construct of comprehensiveness in strategic decision making and in doing so, to reconcile the debate on the effectiveness of the decision-making comprehensiveness in dynamic environments. We distinguish between the constructs of comprehensiveness and pace in strategic decision making and argue that comprehensiveness might not necessarily slow down the strategic decision process. Furthermore, we propose that comprehensiveness is a multidimensional construct that can be grouped into two distinct categoriesprocedural and cognitiveand that each of these two categories might have different effects on performance in dynamic environments.