Decision-making Skills among Managers Employed in Public and Private Organizations of Udaipur City, India

Abstract

Decision-making is the process of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision-maker. This research examines the decision-making skills of managers employed in public and private organizations. The methodology entails a survey of 60 randomly selected managers (i.e. 30 from public organizations and 30 from private organizations) in Udaipur city, India. An online questionnaire technique was used for data collection. Secondary data was also used to get a better insight into the research problem. Frequency, percentage and means weighted scores were used for the analysis of data. The major limitation of this study is that it was conducted in Udaipur city alone, while the work culture of organizations other than in Udaipur city may be different. Results showed that decision-making skills were at a good level among most of the managers in public organizations (63.3%) but in private organizations the majority of managers (60%) were at an excellent level. Maintenance Window Scheme (MWS) were higher in decision making statements of private organizations in comparison to public organizations. There is difference among managers’ managerial skills of public and private organizations.