decision-making
/dɪˈsɪʒn meɪkɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /dɪˈsɪʒn meɪkɪŋ/ (ame, ipa)
decision-making — noun
1. the act of selecting what to do from several possible paths after thinking about
the act of selecting what to do from several possible paths after thinking about the facts, particularly when the choice is important and a team, committee, or company is taking part
The committee's decision-making was slow because members could not agree on the budget.
possessive: [group]'s decision-making
Faisal joined the company's decision-making team after years of experience in sales.
attributive use: decision-making team / decision-making process / decision-making body
Designing the new school schedule, Ayesha knew careful decision-making needed reliable data and staff feedback.
The hospital's shared decision-making between cardiology and neurology stretched the project timeline to six months.
Mayumi's quick decision-making during the emergency helped the team avoid a serious mistake.
- judgment
more personal and individual; less focused on group process
- deliberation
more formal and emphasizes careful discussion before a choice
- problem-solving
broader — includes identifying and understanding the problem, not just choosing
- indecision
the inability or slowness in making a choice
- procrastination
deliberately putting off the decision-making process
文法句型
decision-making + noun (attributive)
adjective + decision-making
用法筆記
Often placed before a noun to describe related concepts: 'decision-making process', 'decision-making body', 'decision-making power'. Can be written with or without a hyphen ('decision making'), though the hyphenated form is more common in formal writing.