Decision-Making adequacy of alternatives that were generated”

Decision-Making adequacy of alternatives that were generated”

Decision-Making Process People should make decisions nearly every day, some of those decisions are easy to make, while others are quite difficult to implement. Appropriately combined and organized decision-making process will help to control this issue and bring positive outcomes for people enrolled in it.

In this paper I will provide decision-making process when I had to make a personal decision, such as enrolling in college.People face a wide range of opportunities every day, as well as certain challenges supporting this process, and the most difficult thing in the life of a person finishing school is to become enrolled in college of his or her dream. The decision-making process may become challenging for people due to “the lack of structure and entail risk, uncertainly and conflict” (Bateman and Snell, 2012, p. 86).

That is why people trying to make some important personal or professional decisions should have some appropriate model to follow in order to avoid such challenges.Bateman and Snell identified six steps or stages pf decision-making process which may be attached to any problem or decision. First, it is necessary to identify and analyze the problem. My problem was the enrolling in college, as I wanted to enter some specific college helping to build my future professional career.

In order to diagnose this problem, I analyzed my past, present and future implications and experiences helping to make the right choice. I took into consideration not only my preferences and ideas, but also opinions of my parents and relatives.Second, it was important to find alternative solutions to this problem, as I had chosen some alternative colleges and educational establishments in case I would not be enrolled in this specific college. The third stage of decision-making process “involves determining the value or adequacy of alternatives that were generated” (Bateman and Snell, 2012, p. 91). On this stage it was important to understand the possible value of every alternative in order to save time in future. Of course, I hoped to be enrolled in the chosen college, but there should be always a place for an alternative.

I took into account numerous factors, such as the cost of education, future possibilities after education and so on. Fourth, due to the fact that I was aware of possible advantages and disadvantages of every college, I had to make the decision, and I did not change my first choice. Of course, the decision-making process did not end with this choice of college, as now it was important to implement this decision on the fifth stage. I prepared properly for SAT tests in order to pass the exam, and I succeeded in this process and entered the college of my dream.

The final stage is to evaluate the decision, as I was pleased with my results and with my choice, as this was a good college which would open more opportunities for me. My decision-making process was similar to that described in the book, as I did not stop struggling and tried to achieve my personal goal. My decision might be different if I had used the same steps included in the text, as I could choose some alternative solution to the problem and make another choice.

But I decided not to change my plans and go to the end in order to achieve my goal and be enrolled in a specific college. Thus, decision-making process occupies a proper place in the life of every person, as people always make either personal or professional decision during their life and professional activity. The most important thing in this connection is to build the appropriate and correct plan bringing positive outcomes. References Bateman, T. S.

, & Snell, S. (2012). Management: Leading and Collaborating in the Competitive World. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.