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Decisions as Remedies

As we examine decision making, we can view the process as one with two potential goals: first, to fix problems or challenges we have identified, and second, to make decisions that advance the organization.

Probably the most common decisions are made to remedy a problem inside the organization. We are constantly faced with these in life. For example, our son brings home a bad report card, so you make a decision to require him to study and do his homework every night before he can watch TV, surf the Internet, or play a video game.

You have identified a problem and created a solution to the problem—a remedy, so to speak. In doing so, you probably evaluated a number of different alternative solutions and arrived at this one.

We do the same kind of decision making in our organizations all the time.