Question

Difference between structured and unstructured decisions

Answer 1

1. Structured decisions are the decisions which are made under the established situations for example hiring a new employee while unstructured decisions are made under the emergent situation, for example fire breakout.
2. Structured decisions are the programmable decisions and they are preplanned for example the payroll for employees while unstructured decisions are creative and they are not preplanned for example if fire break there and then manager can make decision unplanned.
3. Structured decisions are made in the situations which are fully understood while in unstructured decisions the situations are uncertain and unclear. 
4. Structured decisions are generally made for routine tasks, for instance the hiring of new IT specialists in a firm while unstructured decisions are made for a sudden one-shot kind of situations, for instance, dealing with a labor strike in a factory.
5. Structured decisions are made for specified processes like specialized manufacturing processes while unstructured decisions are made for general processes.
6. Structured decisions have a well defined methodology for finding a solution and have the data to reach a decisions. They are usually straight forward and made on a regular basis, an example of a structured decision in my company is whether or not to withdraw funds from an international account depending on the current exchange rate while Unstructured decision rely on knowledge and/or expertise and often require data and models to solve, an example of an unstructured decision in my company is what types of new content should be created and what market should be targeted.

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Answer 2

Structured and Unstructured decisions.

Explanation:

Structured:

• Goals are defined in the structured decision.
• Information is obtainable and manageable.
• Appear in a well-defined context and procedures are known.
• Structured decisions can be delegated.
• The cost of taking such a decision is not as high as that of an unstructured one.
• They are essentially repetitive, routine, and involve a defined.
• Structured decisions are simple to compare to unstructured decisions

Unstructured:

• Outputs are uncertain in the unstructured decision.
• The required information and resource are hard to assess.  
• Appear in a unique context in the unstructured decision.
• Unstructured decisions can not be delegated.
• The cost of taking such decisions is quite high, compared to structured decisions.  
• There are no predefined procedures available to solve.  
• Unstructured decisions are not as simple as structured decisions.