DECISION MAKING

JCI. SEN. P.S.A.Kannan

Past Executive l4ce PresidentJCI Indiu

that is happeningat this momentis a result of the decisionyou havemade in the

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.. If youwantto leada successful Ifyou canlearnto do

life,you needto beableto makegooddecisions.
this in a timely andwell-considered way,thenvou can leadyour teamto spectacularandwell-deserved
success. However, ifyou eitheror makepoordecisions.yourteamrisksfailureandyourtimeasa leaderwill
probablybebrutallyshort.

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Courseof actionto get a desiredresultor to attainan objective
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cegsof DecisionMaking
Simpleprocess-5W+1H
(What,When,Where,Who, Whl & Hou')

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DASSAEMethod
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D Definethe problem
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-$ S Searchof alternatesolutions
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S Select
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E Evaluate

ft{ffids of DecisionMaking
c Consensus
o Majority
o Minority
c Averageof members'opinion
c Expert
C Decisionbeforediscussion
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Decisionafterdi scussi

Kinds of Dccisions
I Major / Minor
I Basic/ Routine
f Policy/Administrative
I Personal/ General
c Individual/ Group
C Programmed/ Non Programmed
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 Reasonsfor mt taking effectiveDecision
O Lack of interest
O Improper data
f Nature of work not known
C Laziness
C No properDelegation
C Unknownwav of doine
C Illness
C Mental agony
O Emotion
O Waveringmind
C Overconfidence
O Overloadedinformation
O Lack of selfconfidence
:) Lesschance
C Time factor
How to takeeffative Decision

I Makea decision
) Timeutility
) Risktaking
) Repetition
) Full etJorts
) Control\ olrretnotiotts
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of EffectiveDecisionMaking
Tcn,Cotnmandments
1. Know your goal
2. Be creative
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4 Taketime
5. Havetrials q$rn !{b
6. Transferinto action
7 . Give your full effort
8 Maintainstability
9 Follow up action
10. Rememberto convincethe reasons for bad decisions

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Trustpaperand pen
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Do not be hastyandnevertakeany decisionwhenyou areangry
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Takedecisions with a calmandequanimous mind
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Don't jump into conclusionanddo not pre-judgean Issueandar.oidprrg-gs'rnceir

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