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	A Lexicon of Decision Making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Presumably, he (or she) makes the decision in order to further some objective, which is what he hopes to achieve by allocating the resources.
		To make this definition of value precise, we define the certain equivalent, (or certainty equivalent) of an alternative as the amount that the decision maker would be indifferent between (1) having that monetary amount for certain or (2) having the alternative with its uncertain outcome.
		Decisions where risk aversion holds can be analyzed using a utility function, which encodes a decision maker's attitude toward risk taking in mathematical form by relating the decision maker's satisfaction with the outcome (or "utility" associated with the outcome) to the monetary value of the outcome itself.
	faculty.fuqua.duke.edu /daweb/lexicon.htm (2942 words)

	Decision making - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Decision making is the cognitive process leading to the selection of a course of action among alternatives.
		Decision making is said to be a psychological construct.
		Structured rational decision making is an important part of all science-based professions, where specialists apply their knowledge in a given area to making informed decisions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Decision_making (2556 words)

	Overcoming Serious Indecisiveness
		Decisions are at the heart of leader success, and at times there are critical moments when they can be difficult, perplexing, and nerve-racking.
		Make decision for the right reasons and when you are calm and thoughtful.
		Therefore making a decision implies that there are alternative choices to be considered, and in such a case we want not only to identify as many of these alternatives as possible but to choose the one that best fits with our goals, desires, lifestyle, values, and so on.
	home.ubalt.edu /ntsbarsh/opre640/partXIII.htm (16482 words)

	Ethical Decision Making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Decision making is a process in which the values of individuals and groups are brought to bear on the reasoning that leads to particular choices.
		The decisions we make and the duties we perform are critical to the furtherance of our organizational goals, the strengthening of our mission, and the living out of our core values….
		Making choices with integrity means that we make them in ways that consistently reflect the ethical standards imbedded in the mission and core values of Providence Health System, as well as our own professional and personal values, the relevant legal and regulatory guidelines, and our organization’s policies.
	www.providence.org /phs/ethics/resources/decision_boards.htm (1817 words)

	Making Decisions - Office of Career Services
		Decision making is to many people the most difficult part of the career planning process.
		Before you can make a decision, you need to identify the decision to be made and the ultimate goal or end result you hope to achieve.
		No one can make the decision for you, but a counselor can facilitate the development of goals and strategies to approach the decision in the way that is most effective for you.
	web.princeton.edu /sites/career/Undergrad/Start/make_decisions.html (1188 words)

	Making Effective Decisions
		Knowing how much time you have to make a decision can make the process a lot easier on you if you find that you have plenty of time that can be used for research.
		Sometimes we delay making a decision or deter from making one because we are afraid of the outcome or the outcome is not clearly visible.
		Making an effective decision involves processing the information pertaining to a particular situation and allowing the Holy Spirit to be an integral part of that decision making process.
	www.pursuingthetruth.org /studies/files/makingdecisions.htm (5312 words)

	Evaluating the National Outcomes: Youth--Social Competencies; Decision Making
		Adolescents make critical decisions in a shifting social context; the ability to evaluate decisions and to adapt or adjust them as necessary is important.
		Decision making is a complex, non-linear process; skills develop as one matures and with experience.
		Regarding decision making and risk-taking behavior, Trad (1993) suggests that although decision making ability alone does not account for risk behavior, it is important to evaluate adolescents' planning and decision making skills to determine possible areas in need of intervention.
	ag.arizona.edu /fcs/cyfernet/nowg/sc_decision.html (918 words)

	Care For Animals
		Such a decision may become necessary for the welfare of the animal and for you and your family.
		A decision concerning euthanasia may be one of the most difficult decisions you will ever make regarding your pet.
		As you make your decision, you may wish to discuss the care of the remains of your pet's body with your family and veterinarian.
	www.avma.org /careforanimals/animatedjourneys/goodbyefriend/goodbye.asp (467 words)

	Confident Decision Making by Roger Dawson
		While the consequences of your decisions may not be as earthshaking as those that led to the development of the Edsel, learning how to make the right decisions - and how to make them quickly and confidently - can save you and your company time, money, public humiliation, and more.
		Confident decision makers understand the need to gather information but are able to work with less than all the facts they need when a decision has to be made.
		Confident decision makers are committed to their decision, but not so committed that they won't admit to failure.
	www.nightingale.com /p~Product~Confident_Decision_Making~linktype~pi864~org~IA28500341.asp (933 words)

	Group decision-making.
		A single person can "enforce" a decision, particularly if he or she is in some kind of chairmanship role, by not giving opposition an opportunity to build up.
		Because there are time constraints in coming to a group decision and because there is no perfect system, a decision by consensus is one of the most effective methods.
		Rather, it is a state of affairs where communications have been sufficiently open (and the group climate has been sufficiently supportive) to make everyone in the group feel that they have had their fair chance to influence the decision.
	www.nysscpa.org /cpajournal/old/15703015.htm (2310 words)

	Democratic Decision-Making
		Democratic decision-making at the school level models the collaborative work that effective teachers expect from their students (and indeed the democratic process of the larger society) and enables small schools to make significant improvements in their practice with the full endorsement and engagement of all members of the school community.
		Within the framework established by these shared norms and with ongoing collaboration in school-level decisions, effective schools place day-to-day decision-making authority as close as possible to the classroom, so decisions are made by those who best know the students and their needs.
		In addition, student advisory groups regularly discuss school-wide issues of concern and make recommendations; at the secondary school level, their purview is not just dances and assemblies, but also substantive teaching and learning decisions.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/SUSE/csrn/features/democratic/index.html (865 words)

	EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING - a process of first diverging to explore the possibilities and then converging on a solution
		Decision is, by definition, behind every truly great achievement anyone ever makes.
		Decision making is a process of first diverging to explore the possibilities and then converging on a solution(s).
		Beliefs are the assumptions we make about ourselves, about others in the world and about how we expect things to be.
	www.1000ventures.com /business_guide/crosscuttings/decision_making_main.html (1083 words)

	Personal Growth: A Process for Effective Decision Making
		But even though good decision making is enormously important when we face significant decisions, it's also important to make good decisions all of the time.
		Making life more complicated, there's often more than one "correct" decision, and more than one "wrong" choice." But there are certainly guides to decision making that can help you to think about and arrive at -- not the "right" decision -- but an appropriate and effective decision.
		Selling your home and moving to another state or giving up your job are far more significant decisions in terms of their long term impact, and are often difficult decisions to later reverse.
	www.selfhelpmagazine.com /articles/growth/decisionmaking.html (961 words)

	Decision Making Process
		D-II A group authorized Same process as in D-I except that the decision has been delegated to group which may include subordinates, peers, and others who may be by the person authorized involved and are able and willing to make the decision.
		Now that we have the decision made about who needs to be involved in making the decision, lets address the issue of a decision making process.
		There are 10 steps in the decision making process if you include those steps (1 and 2) which help you decide how to decide, who should be involved in the decision making process.
	www.uuaa.org /resources/leadership2002/DecisionMakingProcess.htm (1615 words)

	Decision Making with Decision Trees
		Every business owner must make decisions in the face of uncertainty, and live with the consequences.
		Quite simply, a decision tree is a graphical representation of the path taken and the path not taken, and how the decision to go one way over another affects your business.
		Decisions are typically represented by squares, and uncertain outcomes by circles.
	www.inc.com /articles/2003/04/25423.html (599 words)

	Group/Individual : Persuasion,decision,commitment -Rational Decision Making
		This can happen because the technology decision is dictated from a higher organisational level or because the new technology is perceived as the latest "thing" being used by "everyone." It is at this point in the process that technological gatekeepers become valuable.
		You solve the problem or make the decision yourself using the information available to you at the present time.
		If you then consider, in reference to question 4, that acceptance of this decision by subordinates is also not critical, the method suggests you should make the decision on your own (i.e., choose method AI).
	www.implementer.com /implementer/web/step4_c/persuade-decrational.htm (1454 words)

	Decision Making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These decisions may not have been monumental and may have had little or no impact on any aspect of your life.
		When decision making is addressed as a management skill, the reaction is that only highly technical and intricate decisions require a structured approach.
		Depending on the scope of the decision, it may not be necessary to use every step in the process.
	www.mgtdevspec.com /decision.htm (520 words)

	Decision Making Lesson Plans
		Decision Making- This lesson plan is written for use by a teacher educator working with teacher candidates in a classroom setting that allows online materials to be viewed by large and small groups.
		Decision Making, Take a Seat or Get off the Bus- Students will be able to list the positive and negative consequences of choosing to fight against discrimination.
		Decision Trees- These lessons are intended to encourage students to think about decision making in the context of a club who have made rapid progress up the league structure.
	www.teach-nology.com /teachers/lesson_plans/health/decisions (429 words)

	Health Care Decision Making
		Shared decision making recognizes that there are complex trade-offs in the choice of medical care.
		Shared decision making also addresses the ethical need to fully inform patients about the risks and benefits of treatments, as well as the need to ensure that patients' values and preferences play a prominent role.
		The mission of Health Decision Research is to provide a scientifically rigorous and ethically sound basis for effective decision making in preventive, screening, diagnostic, treatment, clinical trials, and palliative contexts.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~cecs/decision_making.html (408 words)

	Decision Making
		A good decision is the direct result of knowing your criteria for success, the scope of your choices and the inherent risk of each alternative.
		Given the importance of good decision making, it makes sense to have a process in place that the organization understands and uses to insure that decisions are successful.
		Verbalize the scope and the constraints of a decision.
	www.everesttraining.com /DecisionMaking.shtml (239 words)

	decision making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the Expedition, have to make decisions concerning safety issues.
		Display the Making Good Decisions poster and discuss the six steps to follow in making a decision.
		Tell students they will now have a chance to make a decision on their own.
	www.yourexpedition.com /ed_site/lessons/decision_making.html (512 words)

	Progress - wise decision-making
		To make a wise decision you will need to do all of the stages (understand the situation and problem, determine what matters, generate and evaluate options, and implement the solution) but different problems will require different emphases and questions within these stages so be flexible in how you work.
		Remember that making decisions quickly and rigorously is more likely to produce a good solution than simply making them quickly, but less likely to produce a good solution than taking more time while doing it rigorously.
		Make an assessment of how strongly you are feeling each emotion and write this down in the strength column (100 if you feel the emotion very, very strongly down to 0 if you don’t feel the emotion at all).
	www.decision-making.co.uk (4461 words)

	Framework for Ethical Decision Making
		Some people have highly developed habits that make them feel bad when they do something wrong, but many people feel good even though they are doing something wrong.
		The list of moral rights -including the rights to make one's own choices about what kind of life to lead, to be told the truth, not to be injured, to a degree of privacy, and so on-is widely debated; some now argue that non-humans have rights, too.
		Making good ethical decisions requires a trained sensitivity to ethical issues and a practiced method for exploring the ethical aspects of a decision and weighing the considerations that should impact our choice of a course of action.
	www.scu.edu /ethics/practicing/decision/framework.html (1828 words)

	End-of-Life Decision Making
		Advance directives are documents, written while a person is still able to make decisions, saying that if the person becomes mentally incompetent, then he or she no longer wants artificial life-sustaining measures.
		If you make a decision like that, it will be respected by doctors and hospitals.
		The doctor is expected to do everything possible to save the life of the patient unless the patient or the patient’s family doesn't want certain specific measures to prolong life.
	www.emedicinehealth.com /end-of-life_decision_making/article_em.htm (706 words)

	SPIRIT: Decision-Making Skills - HOOAH4HEALTH.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With practice, you can improve your ability to make sound decisions in all areas of your life - personal, financial and professional - because life involves many decisions and making the best choices consistently is the key to success.
		Making a decision is easy - but making the RIGHT one requires skill and knowledge.
		But making your own decisions is the only way to take charge of your life - and your success.
	www.hooah4health.com /spirit/decisions.htm (1159 words)

	The Decision Education Foundation
		The mission of the Decision Education Foundation is to improve the lives of young people by teaching them how to make better decisions.
		In workshops across the country, DEF trains teachers and mentors, providing them with the tools for creating and delivering classroom-ready decision skills curricula to their students.
		DEF also works with partner organizations to promote decision skills training within specific environments and to assist these partners in tailoring decision education lessons to their unique populations.
	www.decisioneducation.org (85 words)

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