大学英语：The purpose of making a decision

　　 1． The purpose of making a decision is to establish and achieve organizational goals and objectives. P1
  　 　2． Managers must make a best guess at what the future will be and try to leave as little as possible to chance. P2
  　　3． For managers, every decision has constraints based on policies, procedures, laws, precedents, and the like. P3
  　　4． But the tendency to simplify blinds them to other alternatives. P4
  　　5． Decision makers must have some way of determining which of several alternatives is best—that is, which contributes the most to the achievement of organizational goals. P6
  　　6． Different individuals frequently have different ideas about how to attain the goals, the best choice may depend on who makes the decision. P6
  　　7． People often assume that a decision is an isolated phenomenon. P9
  　　8． The literary critics should be as objective as possible in analysis and judgment.
  　　9． She is always ready to argue over the smallest issues.
  　　10． I argued him out of going on such a dangerous journey.
  　　11． Although he thought he was helping us with the job, he was only in the way.