🔬 Scientific Thinking in Management
Scientific management uses data, evidence and systematic analysis to make decisions.
- Based on research, data collection and analysis
- Uses quantitative tools: statistics, decision trees, financial ratios, forecasting
- Objective and evidence-based — reduces bias
- Systematic approach — can be replicated and tested
- Slow but thorough — good for high-stakes decisions
Using sales forecasting data, break-even analysis and market research before deciding to launch a new product.
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💡 Intuitive Thinking in Management
Intuitive management relies on experience, gut feeling and instinct to make decisions.
- Based on personal experience, pattern recognition and instinct
- Fast — useful when time is limited or data is unavailable
- Creative and innovative — can spot opportunities data misses
- Subjective — prone to bias and emotion
- Risky — hard to justify or replicate
Steve Jobs famously relied on intuition for product design decisions, believing customers did not always know what they wanted until they saw it.