Decision making is about what to do, how, and why. But, it’s also about decision making approaches, about logics. Ok. Got it. So what are the key characteristics of American decision making?
决策是关于做什么，如何做，以及为什么做。但是，它也是关于决策方法，关于逻辑的。好的。明白了。那么，美国决策的主要特点是什么？
Scope
Because Americans consciously break down complexity into its component parts, thus focusing on what is essential, the scope of their decisions is narrower. Americans avoid interconnecting too many decisions.
范围
由于美国人有意识地将复杂性分解为各个组成部分，从而将注意力集中在重要的事情上，因此他们的决策范围比较狭窄。美国人避免将太多的决定相互关联。
Analysis
Americans prefer gathering limited, but highly relevant, information. And doing so quickly. Breadth and depth of analysis must be justified by its value. Americans also have rigorous tools of analysis. However, they balance them with pragmatism. Americans trust their intuition.
分析
美国人喜欢收集有限的，但高度相关的信息。而且做得很快。分析的广度和深度必须以其价值为依据。美国人也有严格的分析工具。然而，他们用实用主义来平衡它们。美国人相信他们的直觉。
Resources
The United States is, and always was, a country abundant in resources. Americans strive less to be economical. In what they make, in how they make it, and in how they use it. Instead, Americans value rapid resource aggregation and deployment in order to quickly take advantage of opportunities.
资源
美国是，而且一直是一个资源丰富的国家。美国人不太追求经济效益。在他们制造的东西，他们如何制造，以及他们如何使用它。相反，美国人重视资源的快速聚集和部署，以便迅速利用各种机会。
Time
In the American business context it is quite often better to make a suboptimal decision quickly, than to make a better decision too slow or even too late. Suboptimal decisions can be corrected. For Americans, a decision making process is almost a contradiction in terms. People, not processes, make decisions.
时间
在美国的商业环境中，迅速做出一个次优的决定，往往比太慢甚至太晚做出一个更好的决定要好。不理想的决定是可以被纠正的。对于美国人来说，决策过程几乎是一个矛盾的说法。做决定的是人，而不是过程。
Risk
Because no analysis can be truly exact, and because no decision can be perfect, Americans are willing to take risks, as long as corrective measures can be taken quickly and flexibly.
风险
因为没有任何分析是真正准确的，也因为没有任何决定是完美的，美国人愿意承担风险，只要可以快速灵活地采取纠正措施。
