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:
“I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one. It is a title dearly enough bought by most men, to render it endurable, even when not quite clearly made out, which it never can be till the Posterity, whose decisions are merely dreams to ourselves, has sanctioned or denied it, while it can touch us no further.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Organize first for knowledge, first with the object of making us know ourselves as a nation, for we have to do that before we can be of value to other nations of the world and then organize to accomplish the things that you decide to want. And ... don’t make decisions with the interest of youth alone before you. Make your decisions because they are good for the nation as a whole.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“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)