Week 6: Decision Making

Decision making is the process of making choices by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions. Using a step-by-step decision-making process can help you make more deliberate, thoughtful decisions by organizing relevant information and defining alternatives.

Learning Objectives

Describe the eight steps in the decision-making process.

Develop your skill at being creative.

Explain the four ways managers make decisions.

Classify decisions and decision-making conditions.

Describe how biases affect decision making.

Know how to recognize when you’re using decision-making errors and biases and what to do about it

Identify effective decision-making techniques.