Otsustusreegleid

Otsustusreegleid are a set of criteria and procedures that determine how decisions are made in a given context. They may be codified in statutes, administrative guidelines, company policies, or procedural manuals, and can address eligibility, prioritization, weighting of factors, and the sequence of steps to be followed. Decision rules aim to promote consistency, transparency, and accountability in decision making, and they can be binding or advisory depending on their legal or organizational status.

Contexts in which otsustusreegleid are used include law and public administration, where they guide licensing decisions, appeals, and budget allocations; business and governance, where they shape approval workflows, risk management, and resource allocation; and decision analysis or artificial intelligence, where if-then rules or decision trees formalize how judgments are automated or supported.

Characteristics of otsustusreegleid include normative force, regular review, and potential variation in complexity from simple thresholds to multi-criteria scoring systems. They may be designed to minimize discretion, reduce arbitrariness, and facilitate auditing and accountability, while also allowing for overrides or discretionary judgments in specific cases.

Language note: the form otsustusreegleid is the partitive plural of otsustusreegel, the singular being otsustusreegel. The term is used in Estonian legal, administrative, and organizational contexts to refer to the collective body of decision rules.

See also: otsustusprotsess, reegel, otsustusõigus, otsustusmootor.