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theories of decision making  

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  • Decision making is the series of cognitive processes, by an individual or group, that selects an option—a choice or an opinion—from a set of possibilities. Formalized processes of decision making exist in a finite sphere—an election is a formalized decision-making process requiring candidates (the set of possibilities) to register and restricting such registration to a set defined by eligibility requirements, followed by a narrowing of the available options through the primary process, culminating in a vote that is then carried out by the electoral college and results in a binding choice. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Decision Making, Theories of]

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