Decisions
Ta Koyia Williams
MGT/230
November 24, 2015
Enrique Lucero

Decisions
As people we are often faced with decisions in life, rather it be what we want to eat? Or what outfit to wear. I can definitely attest to this. My husband and I recently closed on our first home, which was rather a hectic process.
The first thing we had to do is Step 1: Identify and diagnosing the problem. For us that was more than one thing. We had to decide what side of town we wanted to stay on and of course the price we were willing to spend. I wanted to stay in the Stone Oak area due to the fact that I am familiar with that particular area. Since my husband is actually from here in San Antonio he was raised on the northeast side, so the Schertz area is more of a homecoming for him.
After identifying our differences we had to move on to the second step of decision making which is Step 2: Generate alternative- which links the problem to the development of alternative courses of action aimed at solving the problem. For us it was to somehow meet in the middle. So we took a piece of paper and divided it in two, labeled both sides “good” and “bad”. Once we weighed the good and bad for both areas we noticed that we got more “good” out of moving to the Schertz than we had with staying in the Stone Oak area i.e. we wouldn’t have to pay city taxes. We would have to deal with less traffic.
Now that we seen the pro’s and con’s of moving to either side it was time to make a decision. This is Step 3 of the decision making. During that process you are determining the value of the alternatives that were generated during step 2. My husband and I are both one to try and save a penny so it was only fitting that moving to Schertz would benefit us the most, since we wouldn’t have to pay city taxes.
Once we came to our decision which was to move to the Schertz area we then had to contact our realtor and have him arrange a lineup of houses for us to view. This would be a combination of Step 4 and step 5 in the decision making. During step 4 you will be weighing the consequences of your options and making your decision. During step 5 you are basically creating a backup plan for your initial decision. For us our backup plan was to have a least 5 top houses to choose from no more no less.
Overall we often use the decision making process we just don’t realize that we are using it, or the actual steps that involved. Either way the steps are important and vital especially when making life decisions such as purchasing a home.

References
Management Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World ninth edition, chapter 3 managerial decision making (Thomas S.Bateman, Scott A. Snell) copyright 2011