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Situations in which a decision must be made arise continually in our daily lives, in the organizations in which we work and in the communities in which we live. Decision-making is a major part of the work of individuals in modern organizations.
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Radford, K.J. (1989). Introduction. In: Individual and Small Group Decisions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2068-6_1
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