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CAREER DECISION MAKINGCAREER DECISION MAKING

12.112.1 The Decision-making Process

12.212.2 Individuals and Decision Making

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THE DECISION-MAKING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSPROCESS

List and summarize each step in the decision-making process

Understand how to use the decision-making process in making an occupational choice

ObjectivesObjectives

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DECISION MAKINGDECISION MAKING

Decision making involves choosing between two or more alternatives or options.

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A FIVE-STEP PROCESSA FIVE-STEP PROCESS

Defining the problem A problem is a question in need of a

solution or answer.

Gathering information Evaluating the information Making a choice Taking action

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FIVE-STEP FIVE-STEP DECISION-DECISION-MAKING MAKING PROCESSPROCESS

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OCCUPATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL DECISION MAKINGDECISION MAKING

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CHECKLIST FOR CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATINGEVALUATINGOCCUPATIONSOCCUPATIONS

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INDIVIDUALS ANDINDIVIDUALS ANDDECISION MAKINGDECISION MAKING

Identify and describe different decision-making styles

Discuss the need to accept responsibility for career planning

Explain three factors that can influence decision making

ObjectivesObjectives

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DECISION-MAKING STYLESDECISION-MAKING STYLES

Decision-making styles are typical ways of making decisions.

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COMMON DECISION-MAKING COMMON DECISION-MAKING STYLESSTYLES

The agonizer The mystic

Intuition is a feeling or hunch.

The fatalist The evader The plunger The submissive The planner

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TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR LIFETAKING CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE

Accept responsibility for making decisions

Accept responsibility for taking action to carry out decisions

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OTHER INFLUENCESOTHER INFLUENCESON DECISION MAKINGON DECISION MAKING

Previous decisions Environment and experiences

Environment is one’s surroundings, including neighborhood, family, friends, and the like.

Experience is what you do and what happens to you in your environment.

Real-world restrictions Reality factors are persons, events, or situations

over which we have little control that often influence decisions.

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