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Question!!!!!!
• Assume now you are having some problems. What will you do to
solve your problem?
• Any specific method/steps?
• Are try to get the optimum solution ?
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2-1: Decision Makers: Who Are
They?
• Before focusing on the decision maker, we need a working model of
what he is trying to accomplish.
• Figure 2-1 (next slide) shows one of several ways to view the process.
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Example of a Decision-Making Process
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Classes of Decision Makers
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Decision Maker Classifications
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Classification of Decision Structures
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2-2: Decision Styles
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How are the decision-making styles
determined?
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Decision Style Categories
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Decision Style in DSS Design
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2-3: Decision Effectiveness
• A good decision results in attainment of the objective within the
constraints imposed.
• Most decision models suggest that the decision maker must balance
the forces acting upon the process and contend with the dynamics
of them.
• These forces can be of a several natures:
Personal Emotional Economic
Contextual Emergent Organizational
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Forces Acting Upon A Decision Maker
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2-4: How Can a DSS Help?
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2-5: Why are Decisions So Hard?
The four key areas that determine the relative difficulty of a decision
are:
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2-5: Why are Decisions So Hard? (cont.)
The four key areas that determine the relative difficulty of a decision
are:
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Continuum/Range of Decision Structures
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2-6: A Typology of Decisions
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Typology of Decisions
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2-7: Decision Theory and Simon’s Model
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Simon’s Model of Problem Solving
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Simon’s Model of Problem Solving
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