Decisions
Two factors determine what type a particular decision is:
- Whether the decision is made freely and implemented voluntarily,
- Who makes the decision.
Based on these considerations, three types of innovation-decisions have been identified within diffusion of innovations.
| Type | Definition |
|---|---|
| Optional Innovation-Decision | This decision is made by an individual who is in some way distinguished from others in a social system. |
| Collective Innovation-Decision | This decision is made collectively by all individuals of a social system. |
| Authority Innovation-Decision | This decision is made for the entire social system by few individuals in positions of influence or power. |
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Famous quotes containing the word decisions:
“Most of my decisions in life seem absent-minded but inevitable.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in decision-making. . . . Involving the adolescent in decisions doesn’t mean that you are giving up your authority. It means acknowledging that the teenager is growing up and has the right to participate in decisions that affect his or her life.”
—Laurence Steinberg (20th century)
“Every man finds a sanction for his simplest claims and deeds, in decisions of his own mind, which he calls Truth and Holiness.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)