Definition

1. Noun:
   • An individual with authority to make choices and determinations: A "decision maker" is a person who has the responsibility and power to choose between alternatives, resolve issues, or determine policies and courses of action, often within an organizational or business context.
   • An administrator or manager: Specifically refers to someone who controls or manages the operations of a business or organization, making key administrative and strategic choices.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The final approval must come from the senior decision maker.
  • As the project's decision maker, she allocated the budget for new equipment.
  • In a crisis, we need a clear-headed decision maker.

Advanced Usage

• "ultimate decision maker": The person with the final and highest authority to make a choice.
  • The board of directors is the ultimate decision maker on company mergers.
• "key decision maker": A person whose choices are critically important to a process or outcome.
  • Our marketing campaign is aimed at the key decision makers in the industry.

Variants and Related Words

• Decision-making (noun): The process of making choices, especially important ones.
  • The company is reviewing its decision-making process.
• Decide (verb): To make a choice or judgment.
• Decisive (adjective): Able to make choices quickly and effectively.

Synonyms

• Administrator: A person responsible for running a business or organization.
• Executive: A senior manager in a business organization.
• Authority: A person or organization having political or administrative power and control.

Related Phrases

• To be the decision maker: To hold the role or responsibility for making choices.
  • In this household, my mother is the decision maker on major purchases.

Related Idioms

• "The buck stops here": A phrase indicating that the speaker is the ultimate decision maker who must accept final responsibility. (While not containing the exact phrase "decision maker," this idiom describes the concept.)
  • As CEO, she believes the buck stops here for all company decisions.

Noun

1. someone who administers a business