Deciding is difficult

Summary of Techniques That May Improve Individual Decision- Making Type of Decision Technique Benefit Heuristics (mental h Saves time Programmed shortcuts) decisions a. —_— Satisficing (ch first 9c 00sing rs Saves time acceptable solution) Systematically go through the six steps of Improves quality the decision-making P a process. Improves quality: it Talk to other people. genera es more options, reduces bias Improves quality: Be creative. generates more Nonprogrammed options decisions Conduct research; engage in evidence- Improves quality based decision-making. E in critical ngage in critica Improves quality thinking. Think about the long- . Co Improves quality term implications. Consider the ethical . Improves quality implications. Table 2.1 (Attribution: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC-BY 4.0 license)

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