Decision making

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The ability to make informed and effective decisions based on available information and resources.

Problem solving: The ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate a problem to find the most effective solution.
Risk assessment: The process of identifying and analyzing potential risks and their potential impact on a decision.
Decision analysis: A formal method for evaluating alternative choices for a decision.
Time management: The ability to manage one's time effectively to achieve goals and make efficient decisions.
Prioritization: The ability to prioritize tasks and goals based on their level of urgency and importance.
Critical thinking: The ability to analyze information and make logical, informed decisions.
Strategic planning: The process of developing a long-term plan to achieve specific goals and objectives.
Data analysis: The process of analyzing and interpreting data to support decision-making.
Communication skills: The ability to effectively communicate ideas and decisions to others.
Ethical decision-making: The process of making decisions based on ethical principles and values.
Emotional intelligence: The ability to understand and manage one's own emotions and the emotions of others in decision-making.
Integrative thinking: The ability to perceive problems as opportunities and to explore diverse perspectives and possibilities to find creative solutions.
Cognitive biases: The unconscious cognitive biases that influence decision-making and how to mitigate their effects.
Decision-making frameworks: Different methods for structuring and guiding the decision-making process.
Scenario planning: A collaborative process of exploring multiple possible futures to develop more robust decision-making strategies.
Stewardship: The responsibility of making decisions that take into account the long-term well-being of society and the environment.
Rational Decision Making: This is a structured decision-making process that involves logical thinking and analysis of all available options.
Intuitive Decision Making: This type of decision-making process is based on gut feelings, personal experiences, and instincts.
Behavioral Decision Making: This type of decision-making process is based on behavioral economics, which draws from psychology, social science, and cognitive science.
Collaborative Decision Making: This type of decision-making process involves multiple stakeholders working together to make a decision.
Emotional Decision Making: This type of decision-making process is based on emotions, rather than rationality or logic.
Group Decision Making: This type of decision-making process involves a group of people working together to make a decision.
Impulsive Decision Making: This type of decision-making process is made quickly, without considering all available options.
Incremental Decision Making: This type of decision-making process involves making small, incremental changes to a situation or problem over time.
Normative Decision Making: This type of decision-making process is based on established norms, rules, and principles.
Strategic Decision Making: This type of decision-making process is based on long-term planning and future goals.
Tactical Decision Making: This type of decision-making process is based on short-term planning and immediate needs.
Technological Decision Making: This type of decision-making process involves using technology to aid in the decision-making process.
"In psychology, decision-making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options."
"Decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking)"
"It could be either rational or irrational."
"The decision-making process is a reasoning process based on assumptions of values, preferences, and beliefs of the decision-maker."
"Every decision-making process produces a final choice."
"The final choice may or may not prompt action."
"Research about decision-making is also published under the label problem solving."
"Particularly in European psychological research."
"A final choice"
"Several possible alternative options."
"It could be either rational or irrational."
"Assumptions of values, preferences, and beliefs of the decision-maker."
"Decision making and decisionmaking."
"The final choice may or may not prompt action."
"Research about decision-making is also published under the label problem solving."
"Particularly in European psychological research."
"The selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options."
"A reasoning process."
"Assumptions of values, preferences, and beliefs of the decision-maker."
"The cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options."