LEADERSHIP DECISION- MAKING IN VUCA BUREAUCRACY: GLOBAL TURBULENCE, INFLUENCE, CHALLENGES, AND STRATEGIES

Submitted: June 23, 2024, Revised: June 28, 2024 ,Accepted: July 13, 2024, https://doi.org/10.56815/IJMRR.V3I3.2024/109-127

Abstract

The current bureaucratic environment is volatile, unpredictable, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) due to increasing globalization, technological innovation, and geopolitical instability. This paper studied leadership decision-making in VUCA Bureaucracy, focusing on the types of global turbulence in VUCA Bureaucracy, the influence of global turbulence in VUCA Bureaucracy on the decision- making processes of leaders in bureaucratic settings, the specific challenges leaders encountered in making decisions under conditions of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and the strategies to address the challenges and global turbulence encountered by leaders in making decisions under VUCA bureaucracy. Through a systematic review, this paper synthesized real-world examples, academic literature, and case studies. The results and their implications brought to light the VUCA world's unpredictable character, its significant influence on leadership decision-making, the unique difficulties that leaders encountered, and the necessity of creative solutions to survive in this changing environment. The main points of the recommendations were to invest in the development of adaptive leadership, to build strategic insight and foresight, to promote innovation, to cultivate resilience and agility, to invest in strong information systems and technology, and to promote open channels of communication. With the help of these recommendations, leaders should be able to successfully negotiate the intricacies of the modern VUCA world and take advantage of previously unprecedented chances and difficulties.