Decision analysis has been with us for at least half a century. Over that time it has developed from a theoretical paradigm for individual rational choice to a practical tool for individuals, small groups and ‘unitary’ organisations, which helps them towards a sound decision-making mindful of the behavioural characteristics of individuals and group dynamics. Decision analysis has also shown its worth in the context of stakeholder engagement and public participation. The time is right for it to be more widely used in making societal decisions. However, to achieve that we need to realise that in many circumstances it will only be one input to the political process that leads to the actual decision. Recognising that suggests that our community of decision analysts needs to deconstruct our paradigm and attend more to communicating the result of the analysis in comparison with other inputs to the societal decision.

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决策分析与政治过程

决策分析已经存在了至少半个世纪。在那段时间里，它已经从个人理性选择的理论范式发展为个人，小组和“统一”组织的实用工具，这有助于他们在做出明智的决策时考虑到个人的行为特征和群体动态。决策分析还显示了其在利益相关者参与和公众参与下的价值。现在是时候在社会决策中更广泛地使用它了。但是，要实现这一点，我们需要认识到，在许多情况下，这只是导致实际决策的政治过程的一种投入。