ákvarðanatökunni
Ákvarðanatökunni is an Icelandic term that denotes the act or process of taking decisions. In Icelandic discourse it is used in fields such as political science, organizational studies, and cognitive psychology to describe how individuals or groups arrive at a choice among alternatives. The word is a compound formed from ákvörðun, meaning decision, and taka, meaning to take; the form ákv arðanatökunni corresponds to the definite singular form in the dative case, i.e., the act of decision-taking.
The concept emphasizes the steps involved in decision-making: identifying goals, gathering relevant information, assessing risks and
In usage, ákvarðanatökunni is typically contrasted with unilateral decision-making or with abstract decision-theory approaches. In organizational
Related Icelandic terms include ákvörðunartaka and ákvarðunarferli (the decision-making process). The closest English equivalents are “decision-making”