Understanding Decision-Making Challenges and Strategies for Improvement
Decision-making can be complex due to several factors that hinder our ability to choose effectively. Common struggles include insufficient information, information overload, lack of confidence, and personal complications such as competing motives and financial concerns. Understanding your decision-making style—whether intuitive or data-based—can enhance your process. Combining both approaches is often the most effective. Utilizing data-based tools like the prioritizing grid and factor-by-factor evaluation can also greatly aid in making informed choices.
Understanding Decision-Making Challenges and Strategies for Improvement
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Objective Decision-making Susan roudebush, University of Oregon
Reasons why people struggle with decision-making • You may not have enough information; • You may experience information overload, • You might not have decision-making confidence or much experience,or • You may face complicating personal factors--competing motives, financial concerns, or be so capable that it is hard to choose (college example).
Decision-making is complicated! • Different styles • Intuitive: rely on feelings • Data-based: rely on facts • Both OK, best to use a bit of both • Example: use one to inform the other
2 Data-based Tools • Prioritizing Grid • Factor-by-Factor Evaluation
