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Classical theories of choice emphasise decision making as a rational process. In general,these theories fail to recognise the formulation stages of a decision and typically can onlybe applied to problems comprising two or more measurable alternatives. In response tosuch limitations, numerous descriptive theories have been developed over the last fortyyears, intended to describe how decisions are made. This paper presents a frameworkthat classifies descriptive theories using a theme of comparison; comparisons involvingattributes, alternatives and situations. The paper also reports on research undertakenwithin a New Zealand local authority. Twenty three senior managers were interviewedabout their decision making with the aim of comparing the responses of participants withhow the descriptive decision making literature purports decisions are made. Evidence ofbehaviour consistent with recognised descriptive theories was also investigated. It wasfound that few managers exhibited behaviour consistent with what is described in theliterature. The major difference appears to be the lack of decision formulation containedwithin most descriptive theories. Descriptive theories are, in general, theories of choiceand few decisions described by participants contained a distinct choice phase.
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