Decision marking is influenced by several major disciplines, some of which are behavioral and some of which are scientific in nature.
We much be aware of how their philosophies can affect our ability to make decision and provide support.
Behavioral disciplines include anthropology, law, philosophy, political sciences, psychology, social psychology, and sociology. Scientific disciplines include computer science, decision analysis, economics, engineering, the hard sciences(e.g., biology, chemistry, physics),management sciences/operations research, mathematics, and statistics.