Decision Making Booklet Contents



The Big Picture

Problem Solving and Decision Making
     The Importance and Need for Learning and Teaching a Complete Model and Method

Decision Making Process
     Decision makers should understand the stage principle of decision making and problem solving
     The value of a model stage and step method
     Critical thinking and decision making
     Political, foreign policy, public policy, and government decision making
     Management, business, organizational, corporate decision making

The System of Problem Solving and Decision Making
     Importance of problem solving and decision making
     What’s going on in teaching decision making
     The major tools of decision making

Intuitive Decision Making
     Decision making skills
     Intuitive base

A Short Model Formula for Decision Making

Full Model Formula for the Complete Method of Creative Decision Making – SM-14

Specific Individual “Sciences” of Features of Decision Making


The Best Decision Making Process Ever Developed

    Stage 1 Curious Observation as applied to decision making
    Stage 2 Is There a Problem? as applied to decision making
    Stage 3 Goals and Planning as applied to decision making
    Stage 4 Search, Explore, and Gather the Evidence as applied to decision making
    Stage 5 Generate Creative and Logical Solutions as applied to decision making
    Stage 6 Evaluate the Evidence as applied to decision making
    Stage 7 Make the Educated Guess (Hypothesis) as applied to decision making
    Stage 8 Challenge the Hypothesis as applied to decision making
    Stage 9 Reach a Conclusion as applied to decision making
    Stage 10 Suspend Judgment as applied to decision making
    Stage 11 Take Action as applied to decision making
Supporting Ingredient 12
Creative, Non-logical, Logical, and Technical Methods for decisions
Supporting Ingredient 13
Procedural Principles and Theories for decisions
Supporting Ingredient 14
Attributes and Thinking Skills for decisions

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     Managerial Decision Making
     Behavior Decision Making Theory
     Accounting for Risks Under Uncertainty
     Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Forecasting & Predicting
     Techniques & Strategies
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     Bibliography
     Your Guide & Worksheet