Decision-Making Act

A Decision-Making Act is a task act of a choice act / decision making task (to select a course of action).

• AKA: Decisioning Act, Choice Act, Selection Act, Decision Event.
• Context:
  • It can typically involve Option Evaluation through choice consideration.
  • It can typically result in Action Selection through deliberate choice.
  • It can typically require Decision Resources for choice processing.
  • It can typically incorporate Decision Criteria through option assessment.
  • It can typically follow Decision Methodology through structured approach.
  • It can typically generate Decision Consequences through outcome production.
  • It can typically reflect Decision Preferences through value prioritization.
  • It can typically address Decision Problems through resolution attempts.
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  • It can often use Decision Support through judgment input.
  • It can often follow Decision Process through systematic evaluation.
  • It can often produce Decision Outcomes with varying impact.
  • It can often involve Decision Constraints through limiting factors.
  • It can often require Decision Information through data collection.
  • It can often trigger Decision Anxiety through risk assessment.
  • It can often employ Decision Heuristics through mental shortcuts.
  • It can often involve Decision Stakeholders through interest consideration.
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  • It can range from being a Human Decision-Making Act to being a Non-Human Decision Making Act, depending on its agent type.
  • It can range from being a Correct Decision-Making Act to being an Incorrect Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision accuracy.
  • It can range from being a Good Decisioning Act to being an Ineffective Decisioning Act to being a Bad Decisioning Act, depending on its decision quality.
  • It can range from being a Simple Decision-Making Act to being a Complex Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision complexity.
  • It can range from being a Rapid Decision-Making Act to being a Deliberate Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision timeframe.
  • It can range from being a Routine Decision-Making Act to being a Novel Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision familiarity.
  • It can range from being a Low-Stakes Decision-Making Act to being a High-Stakes Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision importance.
  • It can range from being a Rational Decision-Making Act to being an Emotional Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision approach.
  • It can range from being an Individual Decision-Making Act to being a Collective Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision participants.
  • It can range from being a Reversible Decision-Making Act to being an Irreversible Decision-Making Act, depending on its decision permanence.
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  • It can have Decision-Making Frame for problem structuring.
  • It can have Decision-Making Tool for choice facilitation.
  • It can have Decision-Making Metric for outcome measurement.
  • It can have Decision-Making Documentation for choice recording.
  • It can have Decision-Making Model for choice representation.
  • It can have Decision-Making Justification for rationale explanation.
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  • It can be Decision-Making Delayed during uncertainty periods.
  • It can be Decision-Making Accelerated during urgency situations.
  • It can be Decision-Making Delegated through authority transfer.
  • It can be Decision-Making Automated through algorithmic implementation.
  • It can be Decision-Making Biased through cognitive distortions.
  • It can be Decision-Making Optimized through process improvement.
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• Examples:
  • Personal Decision-Making Acts, such as:
    • Life Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Career Decision-Making Act for professional path selection.
      • Relationship Decision-Making Act for interpersonal commitment.
      • Location Decision-Making Act for living arrangement determination.
    • Daily Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Consumption Decision-Making Act for purchase selection.
      • Schedule Decision-Making Act for time allocation.
      • Health Decision-Making Act for wellness choice.
  • Agent Decision Acts (to make active choices), such as:
    • Game Decision Acts (to determine game moves), such as:
      • Player Choice Act like selecting a piece movement.
      • Strategy Selection Act like choosing a game approach.
    • AI Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Algorithm Selection Decision-Making Act for computational approach determination.
      • Response Generation Decision-Making Act for output determination.
  • Formal Decision Acts (to establish binding choices), such as:
    • Legal Decision Acts (to determine formal outcomes), such as:
      • Contract Decision Act like agreeing to formal terms.
      • Judicial Decision Act like rendering a legal judgment.
    • Policy Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Regulatory Decision-Making Act for compliance standard establishment.
      • Governance Decision-Making Act for organizational rule creation.
  • Management Decision Acts (to direct organizational actions), such as:
    • Executive Choice Acts (to guide business direction), such as:
      • Strategic Decision Act like selecting company strategy.
      • Operational Decision Act like determining resource allocation.
    • Project Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Scope Decision-Making Act for project boundary determination.
      • Schedule Decision-Making Act for timeline establishment.
  • Scientific Decision-Making Acts, such as:
    • Research Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Methodology Decision-Making Act for experimental design determination.
      • Analysis Decision-Making Act for data interpretation approach.
    • Engineering Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Design Decision-Making Act for solution architecture determination.
      • Implementation Decision-Making Act for execution strategy selection.
  • Group Decision-Making Acts, such as:
    • Committee Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Consensus Decision-Making Act for group agreement formation.
      • Voting Decision-Making Act for collective preference aggregation.
    • Team Decision-Making Acts, such as:
      • Collaborative Decision-Making Act for joint solution development.
      • Hierarchical Decision-Making Act for authority-based determination.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Mechanized Decision, which lacks choice deliberation.
  • Analysis Act, which focuses on information examination.
  • Advising Task, which provides decision input.
  • Random Selection, which lacks purposeful choice.
  • Automatic Response, which bypasses decision process.
  • Indecision State, which represents choice avoidance.
  • Implementation Act, which executes rather than determines action choice.
  • Information Gathering Act, which precedes rather than constitutes decision formation.
  • Preference Expression, which indicates rather than determines option selection.
• See: Conclusion, Selection Act, Decision Function, Decision Process, Indecision, Choice Making, Judgment, Decision Theory, Option Selection, Decision Quality, Decision Science, Decision Analysis, Decision Rationality, [[Decision Psychology]

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References

2020

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decision#Noun
  1. The act of deciding.
  2. A choice or judgement.
     • “The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation."

     It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.}}

     It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.}}

  3. Template:Uncountable Firmness of conviction.

     After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.}}

  4. Template:Chiefly combat sports A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

     He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.}}

  5. Template:Baseball A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

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