RATIONAL

DECISION MAKING
Prepared by:

MOHALIDIN S. ALID
Student
 LEARNING
OUTLINE
DEFINITION OF RATIONAL
DECISION MAKING

STEPS IN RATIONAL DECISION

MAKING
 LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
Define and describe the rational
decision making.

Determine the different steps in

rational decision making.
 1
DEFINITION OF
RATIONAL
DECISION
MAKING
 DEFINITION OF RATIONAL
DECISION MAKING
● A multi-step and linear process designed for
problem-solving start from problem
identification through solution for making
logically sound decisions.
●A good model to make good decisions becase
it depends on rational way for problem
solving.
 2
STEPS IN
RATIONAL
DECISION
MAKING
 STEP 1
STEP 4
Identify and Define the
Problem Generate the List of
Alternatives
STEP 2
STEP 5
Identify the Decision Criteria
Evaluate the Alternatives

STEP 3 STEP 6
Weigh the Established Criteria Determine the Optimal
Decision
 IDENTIFY AND DEFINE THE
PROBLEM
●Identify and describe the problem by defining the
current and desired states and defining the
alternatives.
●In defining alternatives: Identify the cause of the
problem, not the symptoms, Define the gap between
the current state and the desired state, and Define all
available options and don’t think about quick
solutions.
 IDENTIFY THE DECISION
CRITERIA
●Outline all the criteria ahead of time
because those criteria will be a good
guide to make a decision.
WEIGH THE ESTABLISHED
CRITERIA
●Weigh the criteria because each criterion is
unlikely to have the same level of importance.
●There are two ways to accomplish this step:
using an absolute comparison and using
relative comparison.
 GENERATE THE LIST OF
ALTERNATIVES
●Generate many problems as possible.
●The more the alternatives that we generate,
the greater the likelihood that we will comeup
with an effective solution to the problem.
 EVALUATE THE
ALTERNATIVES
●Evaluate the alternatives that we have
identified using the identified criteria in step
2.
●This step may be lengthy depending on the
number of alternatives.
 DETERMINE THE
OPTIMAL DECISION
●In order to determine the optimal decision,
we are going to multiply ranking for each
alternative by that criteria’s weight.
THANK YOU!
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