Decision Making in Business and Management.
Decision making analysis course.
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Key concepts in decision making.
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Management Accounting Information Center

An Internet Site For Researching Management, Accounting, and Business  Information
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Websites linked to from this page hopefully will provide useful information to a company to use better decision-making techniques and practices.
A Management Accounting Information Center article “Quantitative Analysis Information on the Internet” tries to provide some of what the Internet offers on various quantitative analysis topics of interest to management accountants. Please click the home logo at the top left of this page to access this article.
A decision analysis resource site.
Decision making resource site.
The graph below was created using Google’s graphing tools.

This horizontal bar graph shows for three factors that were present in the discussions leading up to a major decision, how often the decision’s result was above what was expected and how often the result was below what was expected.

The data is based on a 2008 survey conducted by McKinsey.   2,327 executives were surveyed.

The data suggests that when three desired factors are present in discussions leading up to a decision, it is more likely that results beyond expected would be obtained versus results below expected.

Other factors that influence decisions making are identified in the report on the survey.   The report can be read by clicking here (PDF file).
Factors Contributing to Good Decision-Making