Promosi Doktor Program Pascasarjana Ilmu Manajemen

Waktu dan Tempat:
Kamis, 20 Juli 2012
09.00 s.d. 11.30 Wib
Auditorium Fakultas Ekonomi
Gedung Dekanat Lt. 2
Kampus FE UI Depok

Samuel Teguh Tarigan
Manajemen Stratejik (0906599041)
Lulusan ke 153 dari PPIM

Judul Disertasi:
”Faktor-Faktor Penentu Kualitas Proses Keputusan Stratejik di Lingkungan High Velocity: Studi pada Industri Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi di Indonesia”

Ketua Sidang:
Jossy Prananta Moeis, Ph.D.

Pembimbing:
1. Prof. Firmanzah, Ph.D.
2. Avanti Fontana, Ph.D.

Penguji:
1. Dr. Adi Zakaria Afiff
2. Prof. Martani Huseini, Ph.D.
3. Albert Widjaja, Ph.D.
4. Pri Hermawan, Ph.D.
5. Dr. T. Ezni Balqiah.
 
ABSTRACT

Name : Samuel Teguh Tarigan
Study Program : Strategic Management
Title : Determinants of the Quality of Strategic Decision Process in a High Velocity
Environment: A Study in the Indonesian Information and Communications
Technology Industry

In a high-velocity environment, strategic decision speed is one of the identified antecedents of a firm’s performance (Souitaris & Maestro, 2010; Baum & Wally, 2003; Judge & Miller, 1991; Eisenhardt, 1989). To increase the decision speed, a top management team (TMT) could adopt an autocratic approach (Vroom & Yetton, 1973). However, such a non-participative process could reduce the level of consensus among TMT members (Priem, 1990) thus negatively affecting the decision implementation (Dooley, Fryxell, & Judge, 2000). On the other hand, a participative process to reach consensus, while generally increasing the decision quality and implementation support, might also introduce conflicts that inhibit decision making (Mintzberg et al., 1976). Therefore, consensus and decision speed are often assumed to be a trade-off (Roberto, 2004).
This research aims to study the relations between the level of consensus, decision speed and TMT decision support, and the determinants of the level of consensus and decision speed. It focuses on three antecedents, namely: the TMT heterogeneity based on the Upper Echelon Theory (Hambrick & Mason, 1984), the information processing capacity (Galbraith, 1973), as well as the quality of decision making support (Eisenhardt, 1989).
The research was conducted in a high velocity environment by means of a survey to the TMT of companies in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in Indonesia. A total of 143 responses from TMT members were analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) based on the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. Results indicate that consensus is positively correlated with decision speed, and each increases TMT decision support. It was also found that information processing capacity and decision support in the form of real-time information increase the level of consensus and decision speed. TMT heterogeneity has trivial negative impact on consensus, and unexpectedly, does not affect decision speed.
The study contributes to research on strategic decision making by demonstrating the positive relationship between the level of consensus and decision speed, confirming the antecedents proposed by the Information Processing Theory (Tushman & Nadler, 1978), and offering a contingency view on the Upper Echelon Theory (Hambrick & Mason, 1984).
Future research might include other related antecedents, moderators, mediators and performance measures, and be carried out within a different context (low velocity or state owned enterprises) in order to build a more comprehensive and generalizable understanding of the relationship between strategic decision process and the decision outcomes.

Keywords: Strategic Decision Process, Decision Speed, Consensus, Information Processing, Upper Echelon Theory, TMT Heterogeneity.