{
  "title": "Prioritising: should you narrow the options before deciding?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-reduire-les-options-avant-de-decider-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-05-12",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "An exhaustive list of possibilities does not necessarily make choosing easier. Research nevertheless calls for a distinction between supporting a decision and arbitrarily restricting it.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Geneva",
    "region": "Genève",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Sheena S."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A second study that changes the scope of the finding",
      "point": "Benjamin Scheibehenne, Rainer Greifeneder and Peter M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that managers should always present their teams with a shortlist."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limits of the evidence and of conventional lists",
      "point": "These studies do not directly compare prioritisation methods in Geneva businesses."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Genève",
      "point": "One possible exercise within SHR's “[Time Management & Prioritisation](/formation/gestion-du-temps/geneve)” programme is to compare, using anonymised cases, a full list with a shortlist built around explicit criteria, while keeping the full list accessible."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Lepper",
      "year": "2000",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Todd",
      "year": "2010",
      "source": "Journal of Consumer Research"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 422,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-05-12-en.jpg?v=4",
  "translations": {
    "fr": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-reduire-les-options-avant-de-decider",
    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-reduire-les-options-avant-de-decider-en",
    "de": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-reduire-les-options-avant-de-decider-de",
    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faut-il-reduire-les-options-avant-de-decider-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/gestion-du-temps/geneve",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/geneve",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}