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Paz Arroyo
Dr. Paz Arroyo completed her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley studying group decision-making methods. She has published numerous peer-review articles in some of the top research conferences and journals. She has a forth coming book on how to make decisions that support sustainable building design and is currently an assistant professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Step By Step Guide to Applying Choosing By Advantages
Choosing by Advantages (CBA) is a collaborative and transparent decision making system developed by Jim Suhr, which comprises of multiple methods. CBA includes methods for virtually all types of decisions, from very simple to very complex (Suhr 1999).
Why CBA is superior to other decision-making methods?
When it comes to the choosing problem, defined as selecting one and only one alternative (or a combination), the best of all, Choosing By Advantages (CBA) is a method that stands out from others.
Why Decision-making Methods Matter
“Among the most important of all the decisions the world's people will ever make are their decisions about how to make decisions, because their decisions about how to make decisions will strongly influence all the other decisions they will ever make.
Different Types Of Decision-Making Methods
Organizations make multiple types of decisions on a daily basis, such as: hiring people, selecting technologies, designing operations, etc. It is logical to think that different types of decisions will require different types of decision-making methods.