Decision-making process is like a school exam. Those who make good decisions will pass the exam and the rest who do not take the right decisions will have to bear the consequences.
Being able to make a 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 make decisions about his career, a president has to make decisions regarding his country’s benefit, and a manager has to make 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.
The decision-making process requires thinking process, time, efforts, resources and also a little bit of knowledge and past experiences. The thinking process plays an important role in the decision-making process because it allows you to judge each and everything. Timing is also important.
Making the right decisions at the right time can save you from any trouble. Taking too little time to make decisions or taking too much time to execute your decision can cause many problems for you. The decision-making processes also require knowledge, experience and research. If you have the knowledge, you can find out different alternatives for the problem
faced.
Making decisions without having proper knowledge about the problem can cause difficulties.
The 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, continue to progress in their life. Not all of us have this decision making power.
We try to make the 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 make the right decisions, it is important that we should know all the steps of the decision-making process and follow them.
The decision making process involves the following steps:
- Curious Observation
- Existence of Problem
- Goals & Planning
- Search, Explore & Gather the Evidence
- Generate Creative & Logical Alternative Solutions
- Evaluate the Evidence
- Make the Educated Guess (Hypothesis)
- Challenge the Hypothesis
- Reach a Conclusion
- Suspend Judgment
- Take Action
These steps will help you to make proper decisions. 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.
