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    <h4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 25px;">Making Sound Decisions</h4>

<p style="margin-bottom: 22px;">The process of selecting a logical choice from the available options.  When trying to make a good decision, a person must weigh the positives and negatives of each option, and consider all the alternatives. For effective decision making, a person must be able to forecast the outcome of each option as well, and based on all these items, determine which option is the best for that particular situation.</p>

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	 Synonyms: Effective Decision Making, Critical Reasoning
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  <p class="bold">Key Actions of Individuals with This Skill</p>
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      <li>Establishes clear goals for decision making</li>    
      <li>Acts decisively</li>    
      <li>Analyzes information in relation to decision-making criteria</li>    
      <li>Bases decisions on &#39;critical reasoning&#39;, sound logic and rationale</li>    
      <li>Chooses the best alternative based on consideration of pros, cons, trade-offs, timing, and available resources</li>    
      <li>Clarifies decision-making responsibility and methods</li>    
      <li>Considers operational issues in making decisions</li>    
      <li>Curbs impulsiveness in making decisions</li>    
      <li>Determines criteria for decision making</li>    
      <li>Engages in &#39;ethical reasoning&#39;, doing the right things, for the right reasons all of the time, even when no one is watching</li>    
      <li>Gathers the information for making a decision</li>    
      <li>Makes decisions in the face of uncertainty</li>    
      <li>Makes sound decisions on complex functional issues</li>    
      <li>Makes timely decisions</li>    
      <li>Seeks appropriate input before making decisions</li>    
      <li>Takes all important issues into account when making decisions</li>    
      <li>Takes responsibility for all decisions</li>    
      <li>Tests the practicality of decisions</li>    
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  <p class="bold">Interview Prep Questions</p>
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  	  <li>Describe a time when you had to make a difficult decision. What process did you go through in order to insure that you considered all the right input, people, criteria, and outcome?</li>
  	  <li>Describe a time when you used a structured decision making process to make the best decision with incomplete information and input from others.</li>
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