This document discusses decision making, including defining it, different types and styles, and providing a 7-step process for making decisions. It notes that decision making is a daily activity that can be both a habit and process. Effective decision making can save time and resources for an organization. The document also discusses factors like uncertainty, complexity, risk, alternatives, and interpersonal issues that a decision maker should be aware of when making decisions. It provides examples of decision making in an Australian learning context and encourages practicing the decision making process.
4. Decision
making
Daily acitvity for
all of us
Habit and
process as well
Effective and successful
- saves a lot to the institute
- time-wise,
-human resources wise,
- money-wise
we may use
many tools,
techniques and
perceptions
involve level of
dissatisfaction
or conflict with
stuff
10. STEPS FOR DECISION MAKING
1. Identifying the problem:
2. Gather information:
Finding different possibilities and scenarios of the problem (cause- effect)
3. Identifying alternatives:
Searching for options
Searching for different possible solutions
List the possible and desirable solutions
11. 4. Predict short-term and long-term consequences:
Weigh each solution and check if each solution solves the identified problem in in step 1 or it is a
partial and temporal solution
Draw on your information and emotions to imagine what it would be like if you carried out each of
the alternatives to the end. You must evaluate whether the need identified in Step 1 would be
helped or solved through the use of each alternative. In going through this difficult internal process,
you begin to favor certain alternatives which appear to have higher potential for reaching your goal.
Eventually you are able to place the alternatives in priority order, based upon your own value
system
5. Making a decision:
Choosing the best solution with the least bad consequences and most positive consequences
taking into consideration short-term vs long-term
Alternative choices maybe chosen
6. Taking action:
Implement what was decided.
7. Evaluating:
Review and evaluate how did this decision go with the estimated consequences and how would
this decision be better for a similar future problem.
Did it really solve the problem?
Was it efficient?
Reflect on the decision-problem scenario
12. Coordinator
should be
aware
Uncertainty
(unknown fact)
Complexity (
factors to be
considerer)
High risk
consequences
( the impact of
the decision
may bi
significant)
Alternatives (
set of
uncertainity
and
consequences)
Interpersonal
issues (
prediction of
people
reaction)