Political Decisions

Management Of Family Resources

Lesson 24 : Classification Of Decisions

Diesing’s Classification Of Decisions

4. Political Decisions:

These decisions deal with how decisions are made by the group or individual involved, which means these are the procedural or structural decisions. Some of the examples of political decision in a family, are – who will participate in decision making process a particular issue like marriage setting. Who will make the final decision? etc.

Power struggles are frequent in political decisions. In a family it is parents /grand parents who are usually the central figures in decision making. Unlike social decisions, the emphasis here is placed upon the procedure of how the decision is made rather than the actual resolu­tion of the problem or situation. Political decisions involve establishing an organizational structure within the group. This organizational structure is then employed to resolve a problem or make a determination.