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Using decision modeling to examine management consensus: A study of a maintenance management control system
Author(s) -
Stahl Michael J.,
Zimmerer Thomas W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/0272-6963(83)90010-4
Subject(s) - respondent , control (management) , management control system , operations management , productivity , computer science , work (physics) , process management , knowledge management , business , operations research , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , political science , law , macroeconomics
Using a decision modeling approach, this research examined differences across levels of management in a large construction company concerning the criteria for a maintenance management control system. The six criteria were cost efficiency, productivity improvement, materials management, unification of work control, planning and scheduling, and information and retrieval. A decision‐making exercise was constructed that asked the respondent to make recommendations concerning the approval or disapproval of 32 hypothetical maintenance management systems. Among the 60 managers who completed the exercise, there was evidence of significant differences across levels of management concerning the criteria for a maintenance management control system. Additionally, distortions were observed between what the managers said was important and what their decisions indicated. These data demonstrate that the decision modeling approach presented can be effectively used to examine the degree of consensus within an organization.