Decision-Making Process Paper
Introduction
There will be a time in your life when you are faced with a decision that would change the lives of you and your loved ones. I was faced with such a choice. I retired from the military two years ago and was offered a job to work for a major defense contractor company. The job would have been my dream job to work as a civilian contractor on a project that I worked on just before I retired. The job would have provided me with additional income and potentially open up new opportunities in the civilian community. However, at the time of the job offer, my father who already required dialysis treatment three-times-a-week, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He would require 24-hour home care. The decision I had to make, do I take the job or do I turn it down and help care for my father? I decided to help care for my dad.
Decision-Making Process
According to week one’s readings, the six steps in the decision making process are: (1) Identify and diagnose the problem, (2) Generate alternative solutions, (3) Evaluate alternatives, (4) Make the choice, (5) Implement the decision, and (6) Evaluate the decision (Bateman and Snell, 2011). Comparing my decision-making process with the readings, I believe I went through every step except the last one. There was no need for me to evaluate my decision. At the time, I was able to analyze my current situation and evaluate the pros and cons of accepting the job offer. I needed very little time to come to my decision. I was going to help care for my father and support my family. I knew what the impact would be to my family if I took the job. It would require them to look at paying for nursing care or even potentially putting my father in care home facility. Something our family could not afford or accept. Less than one year after I made the decision to turn down the job and help care for my father, he had a heart attack and passed away.
Conclusion
In retrospect, I...
