The committee structure impacts the decision-making process by causing significant delays and inefficiencies. Committees, often composed of managers from various departments, are expected to review information and make decisions. However, they frequently lack complete information and defer decisions, requesting additional details. This deferral causes delays, disrupting the team’s Workflow and making it difficult to meet deadlines.
Moreover, the more senior the committee, the less often they meet, which means more influential issues and decisions experience even longer delays. Each committee member has unique motivations and interests, complicating consensus on multi-dimensional issues. This reluctance to make hard-to-reverse decisions based on incomplete information traps the organisation in a vicious circle, further compounding delays and inefficiencies.
