The most important aspect of rational decision making

It speaks for itself that compiling the Decision Criteria (also called value system or decision rules) is the one aspect of rational decision making that influences decision outcomes most.  It is for this reason that we give special attention to it in the form of a practical guide that we make available as an ebook.

Whenever rational decision making is used, a set of "decision rules" needs to be compiled.  This is often called the "value system" to be used during the decision making process.  Compiling a value system is not a trivial process, especially where the role players are not homogeneous in their views and interests (which is often the case).  The processes we describe are useful in all settings, but we describe them primarily for organizational decision makers.

This ebook is a practical guide providing step by step descriptions of the processes to follow in order to compile good decision making criteria.

The content of the ebook

This ebook provides information about the processes to follow for two types of decision making environments.  Of course in real life you will often find yourself somewhere in a situation that has some attributes of both.  In that case you can customize the processes to suit your specific requirements and decision environment.

1. In a homogeneous setting, where the decision makers agree on most important values, and
2. In a diverse and pluralist setting, where decision makers do not agree on most of the important values

IMPORTANT:  If you already purchased our Handbook for Organizational Decision Making, you need not purchase this ebook on how to compile a value system, since it is contained in that handbook as well.

Ebook parameters

Price:  $17.95
Format:  PDF

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Using Rational Decision Making to make good decisions

Rational Decision Making is an ideal which we all aspire to.  The decision criteria we use during the process of applying rational decision making is however the single most important aspect that we need to give careful attention to if we want to reap the benefit of making good decisions.  There are some subtle, yet common pitfalls that people are generally unaware of when they compile value systems (decision criteria) that we point out in this ebook.

Who will, benefit from this ebook?

If you have the responsibility to compile decision criteria for large projects, this ebook is for you.  It provides a step by step guide on how to compile a good value system. Having the skill to compile good decision criteria where much is at stake is a very sought after competency, and this ebook puts you in a position to know what processes to follow and what to watch out for while you are doing so.

If you want to use rational decision making for any organizational decision process, this ebook will supply you with invaluable information, and also provides information about pitfalls to avoid.

It can be used in group settings as well as for individual decision making.   The processes that are described are generic, and can be adapted to suit any decision environment or decision situation.  The only requirement is that you need to use it primarily in conjunction with a rational decision making approach.

 
We make available this ebook to provide guidance on how to compile a value system.  It can be used in conjunction with our 8-step decision making process , and we also recommend that you also participate in the  free email course about rational decision making if you are not familiar with rational decision making.

Make use of the various resources in organizational decision making offered by Van Thinking to upskill in this very important competency in the knoweldge economy - having the skill to make good decisions.

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