Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer:

 Review normative decision theory and then think of some recent important decision you have made for which you feel you were systematic and thorough. How closely did your behavior resemble steps in theory? Were there any steps you omitted? Did you take any of the steps in a different order from that indicated? How much information did you have and how much additional information did you acquire in trying to reach a decision? How many criteria did you consider? Did you consider all of the available alternatives or only a few? Did you evaluate each alternative in respect to each criterion? Also, feel free to do some outside research in the library. Please see the general Discussion Instructions and Grading Rubric on the syllabus so that you are aware of it will take to succeed in these discussions.

Expected Outcome

In completing this lesson and preparing the required document, you should have developed a better understanding of what one needs to bear in mind when it comes to making good decisions. This understanding includes recognizing what is involved in decision making, as well as how deficiencies in judgment can interfere with satisfying the requirements for rational decision making.