Session Content and Activities
Innovation workshop held at the Wonder Room @ Massey University - Albany Campus
What is Decision making?
Decision making is a process we use to assess a situation or a problem and decide how to act or respond to that situation. We have to balance all the facts and info we have about the problem. We have to look at the context and assess what is happening and what is likely to happen next so that we make the right decision.
How To develop Better decision making skills?
We can improve our decision making skills through experience, trial and error and by using rational though to assess all of the options. Using the decision making score card below can also help in the process of improving your assessment criteria. As we get older we tend to make better decision and this can be in some way related to experience and wisdom. That is not to say that age will guarantee we make better decisions , but only that age and experience certainly help us and prepare us to make better decisions. Understanding the process of decision making will certain help in making better decisions.
Decision making process
This is a process that you can use to help you with your decision making.
Define and understand the problem
Consider and define the context
What are the impacts both good or bad?
What options are there?
What are the best 2-3 options available?
Weigh your options against the scorecard below
Make your decision
Case studies
“The Kid in a Candy Store – A Story About Making Decisions - A kid walked into a candy store with his dad and was bedazzled by the array of treats on offer. “What should I choose? What should I choose? What should I choose?” He asked himself. “Come on son, we don’t have all day,” his dad said. “These are my favourites. No wait, these are my favourites.” He walked along the aisles, picking up bags and putting them back. He just couldn’t make up his mind. “Quick son, make up your mind, we have to go,” His impatient dad said. Frantically, the boy ran around the store, his eyes moving from one shelf to another, but all of the options looked so good and he couldn’t make a decision. Eventually, the dad had enough, grabbed his son by the hand and they walked out of the store empty-handed. The young boy had tears in his eyes. He wanted them all, but ended up with nothing because he couldn’t choose just one. We’re all that boy. The world is that candy store. We have a myriad of options available to us, but if we don’t make a decision about our career, education, relationships, investments, church or other important issues, we end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the wrong choice. What if we regret the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back? The bigger danger is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing. ”
Activities
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reading
Websites
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Books
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Summary
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