VAISHALI GILL
Life is all about making decisions. We are involved in decision making throughout our lifetime. Some of them are big and can alter the course of your life. Like deciding what career to choose which college to join. Some are small like deciding what to wear when going for a party or vacation.Essentially, decision-making is all about choosing from the available options. The better choices you make, the better decision-maker you’ll become. According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary the term decision making means - the process of deciding about something important, especially in a group of people or in an organization. A major part of decision-making, involves the analysis of a finite set of alternatives described in terms of evaluative criteria. Then the task might be to rank these alternatives in terms of how attractive they are to the decision-maker(s) when all the criteria are considered, simultaneously. Another task might be to find the best alternative or to determine the relative total priority of each alternative when all the criteria are considered simultaneously. Decision making is the process of making choices by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions.Using a step-by-step decision-making process can help you make more deliberate, thoughtful decisions by organizing relevant information and defining alternatives. This approach increases the chances that you will choose the most satisfying alternative possible.