Well, illogical implies the presence of fallacious reasoning, and a "wrongness" to your thinking, while "non-logical" is just acknowledging that we make decisions based on factors OTHER than pure logic, and, personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
If you didn't hire someone as your personal assistant even though she's highly skilled based on some fallacious assumptions about her ability to do the job which are in turned based on illogical beliefs about women's capability in general- this would be an "illogical" decision.
Hiring someone with slightly less experience and a lower skill level over someone with better skills and more experience because the first person is a better fit with you personality-wise is a "non-logical" way of making a decision, but it isn't necessarily "illogical." If you're in a small business where you're working with only one or two other people, personality fit is certainly a huge factor (or should be) in hiring decisions.
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Date: 2008-03-07 03:25 pm (UTC)If you didn't hire someone as your personal assistant even though she's highly skilled based on some fallacious assumptions about her ability to do the job which are in turned based on illogical beliefs about women's capability in general- this would be an "illogical" decision.
Hiring someone with slightly less experience and a lower skill level over someone with better skills and more experience because the first person is a better fit with you personality-wise is a "non-logical" way of making a decision, but it isn't necessarily "illogical." If you're in a small business where you're working with only one or two other people, personality fit is certainly a huge factor (or should be) in hiring decisions.