Title: The double side of the decision process

Biography:

Jose Mario da Silva is an economist and business manager. For more than thirty years he has managed Angolan public companies. Now, he is dedicated to give consultancy in the arias of general management. He holds a master's degree in management and finance at Economics Faculty of the University Agostinho Neto, Angola, MBA in management at Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil and a postgraduate degree in Administration and Finance at Technical Institute of Turin, Italy. He is passionate about creating conditions for Angola's economic development and improving the living conditions of its people.

Abstract

This article focuses on theoretical reflection on the need to study administrative decision-making models carried out by Angolan companies and public bodies. In this study, the specifications of the theoretical decision-making methods are addressed, as well as inconsistencies between these and the realities of certain organizations are pointed out. The adopted methodology consisted of theoretical research, articulated through a review of the literature on decision-making processes and descriptive research with which it was possible to describe the theoretical-practical inconsistencies pointed out by researchers in the field of decision, studied through bibliographical and documental consultation in archives of private and public companies. The main result concerns the need for field research in large companies and public bodies in order to identify their decision-making processes and analyze them in the light of the decision-making literature scrolls, correlating them with the purpose of attaining new knowledge and refining existing models and/or developing new models and decision theories.