Training Guides
for the Head Start Learning Community:
Community Partnerships:
Working Together
Module 2
| Contents | Preface
| Introduction
| Module 1
| Module 2
| Module 3
| Module 4 | |
Elements of Success
Handout 3: The Decision-Making Scale
Overview
One of the most important questions regarding team decision-making is "Who actually decides?" Decisions are typically made in one of five ways, as illustrated below. When people are involved in making a decision, they are much more likely to be committed to that decision than when one person or a small group makes a decision on their behalf. Therefore, going up the decision- making scale (from individual decisions to unanimous decisions) increases commitment. However, going up the scale may also increase the difficulty people have in arriving at agreement.
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