In five pages this paper discusses descriptive and prescriptive decision making models in a consideration of the individual's decision making process. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., December 2000 Introduction This discussion looks at the process involved in decision making, including individual decision
making and seeks to compare prescriptive models (how people should make decisions) with descriptive models (how people do make decisions). How do we make decisions According to Robert Harris (1998)
of Vanguard University of Southern California, decision-making is about process, the case of choosing and reducing doubt concerning alternatives. " Uncertainty is reduced rather than eliminated." Generally speaking
we will choose a decision by what "works" for us, in relationship to our particular belief system values or goals, and even those can be flexible. There are times
when we will choose not to make a decision, even about deciding, or problems solving, not releasing that the choice not to act is a decision as well. What makes
a good decision As far as a "good" decision is concerned, we might say that a good decision has the outcome that is desired. People who have determined that
they are going to make a decision, or feel that they have to do so, often spend a great amount of time gathering information, which they feel will help them
make the "right," or good decision. According to Harris (1998), this facilitates other actions that may not help us in the way that we would want, if we were
even aware that we were doing it. 1) Gathering more, and more information, does take longer and delay may influence what we hoped was "good" about our decision.
2) Too much information may even" burn out the wiring" of the process, like overloading the electrical system with that one more string of Christmas lights, and the whole