A Study On The Consequence Of Organizational Rational Decision-making And Its Antecedents

Facing the fast-changing environment and highly competitive pressure in the market, the limitations of individual decision-making are revealing, so companies need effective organizational decision modes to gain competitive advantages.In this study, we have reviewed related literatures and find that rational decision-making is an effective mode for organizational decision-making. A full model concerning organizational rational decision-making is proposed, in which we study the consequence and antecedents of organizational rational decision-making. About consequence, we discuss the relationship between organizational rational decision-making and organizational performance and the moderating roles of environmental turbulence and competitive intensity. About the antecedents, we investigate relationships between organizational rational decision-making, information technology and organizational learning.A survey method is used in our study. The respondents are EMBA students in Tsinghua University, 212 valid answers are gathered.The results show that organizational rational decision-making and organizational performance are positive related, with environmental turbulence as a negative moderating factor and competitive intensity as a positive one. Positive relationships are found between organizational rational decision-making and organizational learning, and also between organizational rational decision-making and information technology, in which organizational learning works as a mediating factor.The value of this study is that the full model concerning organizational rational decision-making provides a theoretical frame and empirical evidence on the effectiveness of organizational rational decision-making.