Part of a managers job is to make decisions. The decisions will not always be the right one's, but it is better to make a decision and be wrong than to dither and not make a decision at all. And face it, we probably learn more from our bad decisions than we do our good ones. To make a good decision (more often than not) you should:
- Clarify the real objective
- Develop creative alternatives
- Understand the consequences of the decision
- Make appropriate trade offs amongst conflicting objectives
- Deal sensibly with uncertainties
- Take account of your risk taking attitude
- Plan ahead for decisions
