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T/F : The step of the five-step decision process during which those who will be affected by the decision are identified is the evaluate result step

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The statement is false since stakeholder identification typically occurs during planning, not the evaluation stage. Moreover, the majority rule can fail with more than two choices due to Condorcet's paradox.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement is false. In the five-step decision-making process, the step where those affected by the decision are identified is not the evaluate result step. Instead, stakeholder analysis, where you consider who will be affected, often happens during the earlier steps of the process, typically during the defining or planning stages.

Evaluating results typically occurs after a decision has been implemented, in order to assess the outcome and its impacts.

Furthermore, the true or false statement regarding majority rule can indeed fail to produce a single preferred outcome when there are more than two choices because of a situation known as Condorcet's paradox. This paradox occurs in voting systems when individual preferences cannot be aggregated to a consistent group preference when there are three or more options.

The lesson learned here stresses the importance of including all levels of stakeholders in the evaluation process, to ensure its success. This applies to both decision-making processes and the evaluation of outcomes.

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