What is the decision making process?
It is rightly said that the first important function of management is to take decisions on problems and situations. Decision-making pervades all managerial actions. It is a continuous process. Decision-making is an indispensable component of the management process itself.Drucker recommended the scientific method of decision-making which, according to him, involves the following six steps:Defining / Identifying the managerial problem,Analyzing the problem,Developing alternative solutions,Selecting the best solution out of the available alternatives,Converting the decision into action, andEnsuring feedback for follow-up.