<Li> Consensus decision - making tries to avoid "winners" and "losers". Consensus requires that a majority approve a given course of action, but that the minority agree to go along with the course of action . In other words, if the minority opposes the course of action, consensus requires that the course of action be modified to remove objectionable features . </Li> <Li> Voting - based methods: <Ul> <Li> Majority requires support from more than 50% of the members of the group . Thus, the bar for action is lower than with consensus . </Li> <Li> Plurality, where the largest block in a group decides, even if it falls short of a majority . </Li> <Li> Range voting lets each member score one or more of the available options . The option with the highest average is chosen . This method has experimentally been shown to produce the lowest Bayesian regret among common voting methods, even when voters are strategic . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Majority requires support from more than 50% of the members of the group . Thus, the bar for action is lower than with consensus . </Li> <Li> Plurality, where the largest block in a group decides, even if it falls short of a majority . </Li> <Li> Range voting lets each member score one or more of the available options . The option with the highest average is chosen . This method has experimentally been shown to produce the lowest Bayesian regret among common voting methods, even when voters are strategic . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Majority requires support from more than 50% of the members of the group . Thus, the bar for action is lower than with consensus . </Li>

Who said a decision in its simplest form is a selection of alternatives