Problem

Problem

1. Conditions

   • Decision making individual or group has alternative courses of action available
   • Choice made can have significant effect
   • Decision maker has some doubt as to which alternative should be selected

2. Resolving

   • Select course of action that yields and outcome that satisfies
   • Approach clinical
     • Relies heavily on past experiences and current trial

3. Solving

   • Select a course of action that believed to yield the best
   • Research approach
     • Based on scientific methods, techniques, and tools

4. Dissolving

   • Change the nature in which it is imbedded so as to remove the problem
   • Design approach
     • Formulating the mess
     • End planning
     • Means planning
     • Resource planning
     • Design of implementation and control