Current Application 1

The Decision Making Process

Managers are constantly making decisions, often having to choose from several alternatives.This assignments helps you learn how to apply the steps in the rational decision making process.

Instructions:

1. Think about a decision you've recently made where you had to choose from several different options.
2. Write description of this decision using the steps in the decision making process as your guide. (see Pg 42-44)
3. Describe whether you relied on external or internal sources of information to help you make the decision.
4. Reflect on your decision making process - what did you learn?Was this a good decision, or a bad one?What happened during the decision making process that made it a good/bad decision?What would you do differently next time?