Harvard Business Essentials, Decision Making

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hapter 5 outlines several techniques for evaluat-

ing alternatives. These techniques can help you compare

the pros and cons of each choice. However, they do not

dictate which decision should be made because people on the deci-

sion team may have different views of the evaluations. In addition,

subjective and qualitative concerns may not be fully addressed in the

evaluation process. Consequently, useful as well as subversive consid-

erations are likely to creep in.

The decision team must take its evaluations and conflicting opin-

ions and move on to the next step: making a decision. This chapter

describes three techniques that you can use in moving to ...