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Problem
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Decision
Making

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Rip Smith
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The Industrial Leadership Series

Decision Making

Overview:

• This training program:
• Explains why it is important to know how to make effective and timely
  decisions in your job
• Describes some general types of decisions
• Lists some questions that should be answered before a decision
  making process begins, and it describes some factors that should be
  considered when deciding who will make a decision
• Explains why defining the desired outcome is the first and most
  important step in the decision making process, and it describes how
  boundary conditions are used in the decision making process

• Describes two general types of information that can be helpful in
  making an informed decision
• Explains what consensus is and explains why it is important in the
  decision making process
• Describes how an impact/effort grid is used in the decision making
  process, and describes how weighted voting is used in the decision making process.

Subjects

General Concepts

• Poor Decision Making
• Types of Decisions

A Rational Descision Making Process

Questions to Ask

• Defining the Desired Outcome
• Gathering Information

Making the Decision

• Building Consensus
• Impact/Effort Grid
• Weighted Voting
• Converting a Decision into Action