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This paper examines decision making, its features, kinds, models, theories and importance of decision making in management, it view decision as the heart of success in every organization, and explains times of critical moments when decision can be difficult, confusing, and nerve racking. It further extend view on decision-making and even the various alternatives that worth to be considered when making decision in businesses and libraries. And further concluded to hold the view of other studies by classifying decision making into either rational or non-rational. 2
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