The Decision Maker

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The Decision Maker
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Example of a Decision Making Process
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Decision Maker Classification
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Decision Style Model
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Common Characteristics of Decision-Style
Behaviors
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Forces Acting Upon a Typical Decision-Maker
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Common Types of Support Provided By DSS

• Explore multiple perspectives of a decision
  context
• Generate multiple and higher quality alternatives
  for consideration
• Explore and test multiple problem-solving
  strategies
• Facilitate brainstorming and other creative
  problem-solving techniques
• Explore multiple analysis scenarios for a given
  decision context
• Provide guidance and reduction of debilitating
  biases and inappropriate heuristics
• Increase decision-makers ability to tackle
  complex problems
• Improve response time of decision-maker
• Discourage premature decision-making and
  alternative selection
• Provide control over multiple and disparate
  sources of data