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Decision Making Models
Introduction
Decision making is the process of selecting the best alternative from the available set
of alternatives.
Decision making involves three activities: (Herbert A Simon)
o Intelligence Activity
o Designing Activity
o Choice Activity
7-Steps Model
1. Establish objectives
2. Classify and prioritize objectives
3. Develop alternative actions
4. Evaluate alternatives against objectives
5. Tentative decision to most appropriate alternative
6. Evaluation of tentative decision for more consequences
7. Decisive action is taken and additional actions to prevent consequences
Rational Model
Conclusion
References
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