Decision Making Training - Attributes Needed in the Decision Making Process
Both attributes and thinking skills are present in SM-14 as Supporting Ingredient 14. This is to keep the decision making model short and because there is some overlap of attributes and thinking skills. A definition of personal attributes includes character traits, personality traits, judgment, aptitudes, skills, emotions, values, thinking skills, etc. there are hundreds listed in the literature. From these I present some of the good ones for decision makers and problem solvers. Ideally you should study them. An alternative is to review this list now and at other times in the future.
Behavioral Decision Making - Develop a personal interest in learning about attributes.
It will pay off big!
Honest Accurate Ambitious Analyzer Challenger Changeable Communicator Compassionate Competitive Comprehension Conscientious Courageous Creative Curious Delegator Discoverer Effective |
Efficient Empathy Energy Entrepreneur Exuberance Fairness Flexibility Foresight Humility Improviser Innovator Integrity Intuitive Judgment Knowledgeable Logical Leadership |
Listener Mathematizer Maturity Memory Methodical Moral Motivated Organizer Originator Passionate Perserverant Pride Prioritizer Progressive Respectful Responsible Sensitivity |
Skeptical Tolerant Trustworthy Visualizer Conflict handler Drug free Self-discipline Error conscious Good writer Seeks truth Team worker Self-reliant Life-long student Open minded Risk taker Well rounded Will power |
Constructive discontent Judge of others' attributes Emotional intelligence Recognizes problems Learns how to learn Suspends judgment Interpersonal skills Tolerance of ambiguity Emotional stability Customer oriented Self-esteem Sense of proportion Technologically literate Interprets experiences properly |
Induction - Important for Problem Solving and Decision Making
This is of primary importance to problem solvers and decision makers. It is defined here as the ability to understand or discover the underlying rules or principles in what you are reading or working with.
Greatest Thinking Skills in Decision Making
The literature contains hundreds of thinking skills. I list below some of the most useful for decision makers. I eliminated any already listed as desirable attributes. These will be of use as a base for anyone who teaches the SM-14 decision making model. Others should review the list to help them see the big picture of decision making. These are the type of thinking skills you can improve, learn, and develop by repeated use of SM-14 in problem solving and decision making.
Rational Thinking Skills:
Associating Classifying Combining Comparing Composing Contrasting Convincing Deduction Defining Diagramming Differentiating |
Elaborating Evaluating Experimental Forecasting Generalizing Induction Inferring Interpretation Hypothesizing Measuring |
Motivating Open minded Planning Preventing Productive Recognizing Reflective Sampling Similarities Subdividing |
Summarizing Urgency Bias detecting Cause & effect Concept formation Criteria evaluating Searching internet Error detection Fact finding Variable control |
Discussing Value analysis Reading critically Pattern recognition Manipulating variables Reflective thinking Consequences thinking Sequencing and scheduling Correlation reasoning Estimating & approximation |
Creative Thinking Skills for Decision Making:
Big picture thinking Brainstorming Day dreaming |
Idea association Idea fluency Illumination |
Insight Intuition Innovation |
Visualization Imagination Predicting |
Trigger utilization Incubation of ideas Emotional Intelligence |
Ingredient 14 winds up the SM-14 model for the complete method of creative problem solving and decision making. Be sure to use Your Guides and Worksheets provided on this site.
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