Decision making is the process of choosing between one alternative from a group of alternatives. The manager has to firstly decide that there is a decision to be made and create possible alternatives before they select a new one. This includes choosing the best alternative and largely the most effective alternative for the business. It is important to remember that even though managers make the final decision about a company, we have to remember that they are just a small part of the decision making process, it is the process that they follow that ultimately decides the direction that the decision will take. One of the factors that managers must take in to consideration when making a decision about an organisation, is the values, interests, and goals of the different groups in the organisation or the political model or decision making process (Boddy:2014) . In the political model of decision making, the organisation is not reliant on decisions based on following routines, rules, and policies (unlike the administrative model), decisions can be made within the groups involved or coalitions. In these coalitions, the participants can bargain amongst the groups until a decision is made. This means that the power can be decentralised which means the decisions move throughout the company as opposed to remaining with one decision maker, the manager of the company. The decision making process as a political model demonstrates that making decisions involves resolving issues and