L. Dubin, Mgt 121-Principles of Management
Assignment # 4-Decision Making
Pick a decision you recently made that had important consequences for
you. Maybe it was a decision about what school to attend, what
courses to take, what car to buy or if you should take or change jobs.
Using the information in Chapter 5 and the Decision Making Steps,
analyze the way you made your decision.
1. Identify the criteria you used to guide your decision making, either
consciously or unconsciously to guide your decision-making.
2. List the alternatives you considered. Were these all the possible
alternatives? Did you consciously or unconsciously ignore some
important alternatives?
3. How much information did you have about each option? Did you
make the decision on the basis of complete or incomplete information?
4. Try to remember how you reached your decision. Did you make a
deliberate choice or did you use intuition? Did you ask for any help in
making your decision?
5. Do you think it is possible that you made the wrong decision? Or,
are you convinced that your decision was correct? What could you do
to improve your decision making in the future?
Adapted from Pg. 181 text-Ch. 5