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Decision Making

Decision Making
1. What is
Decision Making? 2. Barriers to Good
Decision Making

5.Protective & Risk 3. Decision


Factors in Making Process
Decision Making
4.ABCDE of
Decision
Making
What is decision making
 Decision making is the thinking
process leading to the selection of
a course of action among
alternatives.
 Every decision making process

produces a final choice.


 It can be an action or an opinion.
What is decision making
 Decision making begins when we
need to do something but we do
not know what.
 Therefore, decision making is a

reasoning process
 It could be rational or irrational
What Prevents Good Decision Making

 Being too hasty - Making quick


decisions without having much
thought.
 Being too narrow - Decision making is

based on very little or no information.


What Prevents Good Decision Making

 Being scattered - Our thoughts in


making decisions are disconnected
or disorganized.
 Fuzzy - Sometimes, the lack of

clarity on important aspects of a


decision causes us to overlook
certain important points.
The Decision Making Process
1. Define the decision clearly.
2. Consider all the possible choices.
3. Gather all relevant information and evaluate all
the pros and cons of each possible choice.
4. Select the choice that seems to best meet the
needs of the situation.
5. Implement a plan of action and then monitor the
results, making necessary adjustments.
DECISION MAKING
ABCDE MODEL
A = ASSESS
What is the problem or
decision?
B = BRAINSTORM
What are the possible choices or
solutions?
C = CONSEQUENCES
Consider the consequences of each
choice – both positive and negative
D = DECIDE
Make a decision and act!
E = EVALUATE
Evaluate the choice you made
and the positive / negative
consequences.
Any Questions?
The End

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