Career decision making

CHAPTER 4 – COURSE PACK

generic information processing
Decision making:
 Importance of good decision making
 Emphasis on the process not the information
 Emphasis on the process rather than the outcome
 most of it is indirect

 Kinds of career decision makers

 Decided
 Undecided
 Indecisive
Cont’d
 Problems in effective decision making
 Personal
 Family
 society
 decision making contrasted with problem solving
 recognizing the gap
 Analyzing its causes
 Coming up with ways to remove the gap
 Choosing one of these ways to remove the gap
 Development of a plan or strategy for implementing the chosen solution and the
adoption of risk taking attitude (feelings) and commitment to carry (behavior) the plan
to completion
The CASVE cycle
Cont’d
 Communication
 A gap communicated by internal or external means
 Analysis
 Think , observe, research and understand the gap
 Synthesis
 Process information uncovered in the previous phase by synthesis elaboration or
synthesis crystallization
 Valuing
 Prioritizing the selected options and ultimately choosing one
 Execution
 Implementing, planning and applying

 Communication recycled
 Continuity of the cycle
improving career decision making
 Understanding the process
 It’s a process
 problem in any phase can reduce the overall effectiveness
 Career problems re themselves continuous

 Improving decision making skills

 Use of inventories like CTI, SIGI etc.
Meta cognitions
The executive processing domain

“Thought processes that govern our decision making “

 Three skills are important :

 Self talk (core self evaluations both positive and negative)
 Self awareness (EI)
 Control and monitoring
Developing meta cognitive skills

 metacognitive skills involve:

 Knowing when to get additional help
 Being aware of effective decision making strategies
 Being clear about the specific problem to be solved
 Monitoring the process
Cont’d
 To improve these skills
 Identify negative thoughts
 Be aware of self defeating thoughts
 Use of CTI
 Four steps by Peterson and Sampson;
 Identify the negative thought/statements
 Question the appropriateness, usefulness or truthfulness of the statement//thought
 Alter or reframe
 Act in ways that are consistent with the new thought

 Train for positive self talk

 Use of books and professional counseling
Cont’d
 Reduce either/or thinking
 Eliminate confusion

 Develop self control

 Control outbursts

 Hence there is improved general problem solving.