The decision style of managers in applied settings were evaluated by raters. Two decision styles were identified, the socio-political and the data analytic. The consequences of these two decision styles were shown by evolving them in a cellular automata. The socio-political decision style produced unstable decisions. The data analytic decision style produced stable decisions.
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