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Steps in Decision Making Process

The document outlines the steps involved in the decision making process. It begins by stating that decision making is like an exam, with good decisions leading to passing and bad decisions leading to consequences. It then discusses that decision making requires thinking, time, effort, resources, knowledge and experience. The document presents the 12 specific steps in the decision making process as observing problems curiously, setting goals and plans, gathering evidence, generating solutions, evaluating evidence, making hypotheses, challenging hypotheses, reaching conclusions, suspending judgment, and taking action. Following these steps is said to help ensure proper decisions are made.

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Steps in Decision Making Process

The document outlines the steps involved in the decision making process. It begins by stating that decision making is like an exam, with good decisions leading to passing and bad decisions leading to consequences. It then discusses that decision making requires thinking, time, effort, resources, knowledge and experience. The document presents the 12 specific steps in the decision making process as observing problems curiously, setting goals and plans, gathering evidence, generating solutions, evaluating evidence, making hypotheses, challenging hypotheses, reaching conclusions, suspending judgment, and taking action. Following these steps is said to help ensure proper decisions are made.

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Steps in Decision Making Process

Decision making process is like a school exam. Those who take good decisions will pass the exam and the
rest who does not take right decisions will have to bear the consequences. Being able to take good decision
is important for everyone, whether he/she is a student, teacher, manager, principal, president, leader of any
institution etc. A student has to take decisions about his career, a president has to take decisions regarding
his country’s benefit, and a manager has to take decisions regarding his company and likewise the leader of
any institution. So every single person has to pass this step in order to progress in their field.

The meaning of decision in Latin is to ‘cut off’. This means that from all the available alternatives you
choose one thing and then cut off from all the other alternatives. Due to this, the decision making process
sometimes becomes very difficult. Choosing the right option from all the available alternatives is very hard
to do.

Decision making process requires thinking process, time, efforts, resources and also a little bit of
knowledge and past experiences. Thinking process plays an important role in decision making process
because it allows you to judge each and every thing. Timing is also important.

Taking right decisions on right time can save you from any trouble. Taking too little time to take decisions
or taking too much time to execute your decision can cause many problems for you. Decision making
processes also requires knowledge, experience and research. If you have knowledge, you can find out
different alternatives for the problem faced. Making decisions without having proper knowledge about the
problem can cause difficulties.

In our view decision making power is the key to progress in life. You might have seen many people who
do not take proper decisions and then they have to suffer. On the other hand people who have this decision
making power, continues to progress in their life. Not all of us have this decision making power. We try to
make right decisions but sometimes we make mistakes because we don’t know the steps that we should
follow during the decision making process. So in order to take right decisions, it is important that we
should know all the steps of decision making process and follow them.

The decision making process involves the following steps:

1. Curious Observation
2. Existence of Problem
3. Goals & Planning
4. Search, Explore & Gather the Evidence
5. Generate Creative & Logical Alternative Solutions
6. Evaluate the Evidence
7. Make the Educated Guess (Hypothesis)
8. Challenge the Hypothesis
9. Reach a Conclusion
10. Suspend Judgment
11. Take Action
12. These steps will help you to take proper decisions

13. Each of these steps will be explained one by one in further articles. Anyone who wants to be a
good decision maker should follow these steps. Whether your problem is big or small these steps
will show you the right path to solve your problem and will lead you towards progression.

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