What Is a Desision?

           A decision is  a choice made from among alternative courses of action that are available.The purpose of making a decision is to establish and achieve orgainzational goals and objectives.The reason for making a decision is that a problem exists,goals or objectives are wrong, or something is standing in the way of accomplishing them.

          Thus the decision-making process is fundamental to management.Almost everything a manager does involves decisions,indeed,some suggest that the management process is decision making.Although managers cannot predict the future,many of their decisions require that they consider possible future events.Often managers must make a best guess at that the future will be and try to leave as little as possible to chance.but since uncertainty is always there,risk accompanies decisions.Sometimes the consequence of a poor decision are slight;at other times they are serious.

        Choice is the opportunity to select among.