Decision Taking versus Promise Issuing

TL;DR

This paper explores the relationship between decision taking and promise issuing, analyzing their differences and similarities through theoretical discussion and examples in software-related contexts.

Contribution

It develops a framework linking outcome-oriented decision taking with promise issuing, including distinctions between external and internalized decision forms, and connects internalized decision making with self-programming theory.

Findings

Identifies two forms of decision taking: external outcome delivering and internalized.

Establishes correspondences between decision and promise concepts.

Provides examples in software technology contexts such as instruction sequences and informational money.

Abstract

An alignment is developed between the terminology of outcome oriented decision taking and a terminology for promise issuing. Differences and correspondences are investigated between the concepts of decision and promise. For decision taking, two forms are distinguished: the external outcome delivering form and internalized decision taking. Internalized decision taking is brought in connection with Marc Slors' theory of self-programming. Examples are produced for decisions and promises in four different several settings each connected with software technology: instruction sequence effectuation, informational money transfer, budget announcement, and division by zero.