Well, here you are taking an introductory accounting course. You’ve thought about various majors, but have had some trouble deciding. Engineering just doesn’t seem to be for you. And English? Give me a break! Business, on the other hand, does seem to offer some variety, and there are jobs. But, what area of business is for you? Accounting? Well, let’s see what happens in this course. Finance? Marketing? Management? Management Information Systems? Obviously this is an important decision, so it deserves some real thought.

a. Identify two possible majors that might be of interest to you. They can be different areas of business or majors other than business.

b. Specify your goal structure or set of values and preferences relevant to your choice of major. In other words, specify the factors that are important to you in choosing a major and a possible career. Which of these factors are most important to you?

c. Develop decision criteria for making a choice of majors.

The criteria should be derived from and consistent with the values you specified in (b), with the criteria weighted by the degree of importance you assigned to them.

d. Identify the sources from which you can acquire information relevant to your decision. Acquire the information you feel will be useful in making your decision.

e. List all of the information you have available about each 2 of your specified alternatives that you think is relevant to your decision. If you are not sure about some of the no tions you have relating to the alternatives, list them anyway. Indicate how reliable you think each listed item is.

f. What factors over which you have no control may have an impact on the outcome of your decision? In other words, once you have made your decision and undertaken the chosen major, what factors may result in an outcome different from what you expect?

g. Make a choice between the alternatives you have listed.

Justify your choice.