Omar dreaded annual performance reviews. His company had few performance standards, and worse still, if his employees did not like their reviews, they went over his head, and Omar's boss often overturned decisions! These interpersonal factors that decrease the effectiveness of the organization's decisions are best described as
A) Time pressures.
B) Gut feelings.
C) The illusion of control.
D) A lack of control.
E) Social realities.

Question

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Social realities of a firm dictate that even the manager acting alone is accountable to the boss and to others and must consider the preferences and reactions of many people. Important managerial decisions are marked by conflict among interested parties. Therefore, many decisions are the result of intensive social interactions, bargaining, and politicking.

Omar Dreaded Annual Performance Reviews