Decision Making Process Paper
Decision - Making Process
Tanesha Kelly
MGT/230
October 21, 2013
Daniel Boose
Decision Making Process
When I think about a time in my life when I had to make a big decision, the one that comes to mind is the decision we made to relocate the family from California to Texas. It was one of the hardest decisions my husband and I had to make. The biggest fear was making the wrong decision and regretting it later.
Born and raised in sunny Northern California, the Bay Area to be exact, was home for my husband and me. It was where our family, friends, where went to school, where we meant, fell in love, got married, and had children. California was everything to us. Growing up in California was a piece of cake because the parents paid for everything, and you didn’t have to worry about anything. For a recent college graduate, and young family California was not the place to live unless you were making more six figures. When the housing market started to boom the cost of living sore. Businesses were popping up everywhere and California ran with it. Once the housing market dropped and jobs disappeared California quickly became our worst nightmare.
We made the decision to move out of California, but had to decide where we were going to go. To discover what the cost of living was like in other states we reached out to friends and family who were already living out of state. We searched online to read reviews and check statistics on the states we were interested in. Forbes and Money magazine were a big help with their polls of “Best place to live” and “Best Place for Families.” When we made the decision that Texas seemed like the place to be, we booked a trip to Dallas, Texas, and spent the week “living” as though we would if we were living there. We meant with realtors to get a feel of the housing market, we toured neighborhoods, interviewed schools the children would attend. We did a little grocery shopping as well and compared cost in California
Tanesha Kelly
MGT/230
October 21, 2013
Daniel Boose
Decision Making Process
When I think about a time in my life when I had to make a big decision, the one that comes to mind is the decision we made to relocate the family from California to Texas. It was one of the hardest decisions my husband and I had to make. The biggest fear was making the wrong decision and regretting it later.
Born and raised in sunny Northern California, the Bay Area to be exact, was home for my husband and me. It was where our family, friends, where went to school, where we meant, fell in love, got married, and had children. California was everything to us. Growing up in California was a piece of cake because the parents paid for everything, and you didn’t have to worry about anything. For a recent college graduate, and young family California was not the place to live unless you were making more six figures. When the housing market started to boom the cost of living sore. Businesses were popping up everywhere and California ran with it. Once the housing market dropped and jobs disappeared California quickly became our worst nightmare.
We made the decision to move out of California, but had to decide where we were going to go. To discover what the cost of living was like in other states we reached out to friends and family who were already living out of state. We searched online to read reviews and check statistics on the states we were interested in. Forbes and Money magazine were a big help with their polls of “Best place to live” and “Best Place for Families.” When we made the decision that Texas seemed like the place to be, we booked a trip to Dallas, Texas, and spent the week “living” as though we would if we were living there. We meant with realtors to get a feel of the housing market, we toured neighborhoods, interviewed schools the children would attend. We did a little grocery shopping as well and compared cost in California