Essay On Rational Decision Making

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would first like to thank God for without Him, I am not. I am thankful for my friend who helped me identify the Texila American University as the best school to study with. I highly acknowledge the presence of the academic coordinator for she guides me and help me with the necessary material for the program. I am truly thankful for my IT officer who assists me in having access to the internet for communication with the university and also to have access to my program materials. Finally, I thank my mother who is always encouraging me in every area of life. With all these support and cooperation of these individuals, this study would not have been possible. ABSTRACT

Public health means demonstrating knowledge about the health status of the population. It can also be described as all measures whether public or private to prevent disease and promote health of the population. A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. Policies are generally adopted by the Board of or senior governance body within an organization. Policies can assist in both subjective and objective decision making. Rational decision making is subjective decision making and rational decision makers consider multiple objectives for important decisions even when those objectives may compete with each other.

Actors are influenced by the context in which they live and work. Actors include individuals, groups and organisations. Context as the systemic factors which may have an effect on health policy is affected by many factors such as instability or ideology, history and culture. The process of policy making-how issues get on to policy agendas and how they face once there is affected by actors-their positions in power structures, their own values and expectations. The health policy triangle guides choices about which health technologies to develop and