ABSTRACT
During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, President John F. Kennedy authorized the creation of ExComm-or the Executive Committee of the President.
The Nature of Decision Making In simplest terms, decision making entails choosing one course of action among
other competing courses of action. The decision process includes the following
steps: (1) pinpointing the problem; (2) identifying causes; (3) setting objectives; (4)
formulating alternative courses of action; (5) evaluating alternatives against orga-
nizational objectives; (6) choosing the best course of action; and (7) implementing
and evaluating the decision.
