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Definitions for decision making
de·ci·sion mak·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decision making, decidingnoun

    the cognitive process of reaching a decision

    "a good executive must be good at decision making"

Wiktionary

  1. decision makingnoun

    The process of reaching a decision.

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  1. decision making

    Decision making is the cognitive process of selecting a particular course of action from several alternatives. It involves the evaluation and analysis of different options, often in relation to achieving a specific goal or solving a particular problem. It can be influenced by personal beliefs, preferences, and biases, as well as social, economic, and environmental factors. The aim is to reach the best possible outcome based on the available information.

Wikidata

  1. Decision making

    Decision making can be regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios. Every decision making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Decision Making

    The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of decision making in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of decision making in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of decision making in a Sentence

  1. Trent Baalke:

    While this organization has a strong belief in due process and has demonstrated that over time, Ray has demonstrated a pattern of poor decision-making that has led to multiple distractions for this organization and this football team that can no longer be tolerated.

  2. Chuck Grassley:

    That means more than simply giving the public a brief summary of his view of the facts. It should include the actual evidence so the public can make an educated decision on its own about the judgment and decision-making of all the senior officials involved.

  3. Pasi Kuoppamaki:

    This episode weakens confidence for the government's decision-making ability. The impression is that the coalition partners have had major tensions.

  4. Scott Smith:

    My wife and I were shocked, but not surprised by the assertion that we somehow collaborated with Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj in her decision to delay the trial of the predator who attacked our daughter, nothing could be further from the truth.We had neither any input nor collaboration in that decision-making process.Rather, those decisions were made exclusively by her, without our input.

  5. Avril Haines:

    At the very least, we believe the dichotomy will usher in a period of more ad hoc decision-making in The Russians, both with respect to the domestic adjustments required to sustain this push, as well as the military conflict with Ukraine and the west.


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