What is Decision-making?
'''Decision making''' is the mental process that leads to the selection of an action among several [[alternative]]s. Every decision making process produces a final [[choice]].<ref>{{cite book|title= Human Error|author=James Reason|date=1990|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=1840141042}}</ref> The output can be an action or an [[opinion]]. There is a growing awareness that people often make good decisions rapidly without knowing how they do it.<ref>Klein G. 1998. ''Sources of power: how people make decisions''. MIT Press. {{ISBN|978-0-262-61146-6}}</ref><ref>Gladwell, Malcolm 2005. ''Blink: the power of thinking without thinking''. Little, Brown: New York. {{ISBN|0-316-05790-8}}</ref> This runs against the older rational decision-making ideas.<ref>Facione P. and Facione N. 2007. ''Thinking and reasoning in human decision making''. [http://www.insightassessment.com/books.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011021253/http://www.insightassessment.com/books.html|date=2007-10-11}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Adaptive unconscious]] *[[Forecasting]] *[[Game theory]] *[[Majority rule]] *[[Political science]] *[[Risk]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * Emotional and Decision Making Lab, Carnegie Mellon, [http://computing.hss.cmu.edu/lernerlab/home.php EDM Lab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405203028/http://computing.hss.cmu.edu/lernerlab/home.php |date=2005-04-05 }} * [http://www.deborda.org The de Borda Institute] - Emerson, P J. ''Beyond the Tyranny of the Majority'', a comparison of the more common voting procedures used in both decision making and elections. * [http://gunston.gmu.edu/healthscience/730/default.asp Decision Analysis in Health Care] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212230324/http://gunston.gmu.edu/healthscience/730/default.asp |date=2006-12-12 }} - An online course from George Mason University providing free lectures and tools for decision making in health care. * [http://www.decidebetter.com DecideBetter!] - An online resource to help make b