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Decision Making: Submitted by
Decision Making: Submitted by
MAKING
Submitted by:
Ankita Suri (IT & Telecommunication
Mgmt.)
Decision making refers to
making choices among
alternative courses of action
—which may also include
inaction.
A process of identifying
problems and opportunities
and resolving them
CLASSIFICATION OF DECISIONS
Decisions
Nature Scope
Structured Unstructured
Strategic Operatopnal
Semi Tactical
-Structured
STRUCTURED DECISIONS
• made under the established situations
• programmable decisions and they are
preplanned
• situations which are fully understood
• generally made for routine tasks, specified
processes like specialized manufacturing
processes
SEMI-STRUCTURED DECISIONS
• A system of Structured and Unstructured sub-processes
Strategic
Tactical
Operational
CERTAINTY, RISK, UNCERTAINTY, AMBIGUITY
● Certainty
● all the information the decision maker needs is fully available
● Risk
● decision has clear-cut goals
● good information is available
● future outcomes associated with each alternative are subject to chance
● Uncertainty
● managers know which goals they wish to achieve
● information about alternatives and future events is incomplete
● managers may have to come up with creative approaches to alternatives
● Ambiguity
● by far the most difficult decision situation
● goals to be achieved or the problem to be solved is unclear
● alternatives are difficult to define
● information about outcomes is unavailable
POSSIBILITY OF DECISION FAILURE
Rational Decision-Making Model
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS
INDIA LTD (TCIL)
•A Premier telecommunication
consultancy and engineering
company