This story is really about making decisions, and a decision is a choice made from available alternatives. Stanley’s decision was based on wearing the warmest clothes he had, which was an old army overcoat and headgear. His selection presented a non-programmed decision, which is a decision made in response to a situation that is unique, is poorly defined, and largely unstructured, and has important consequences. Stanley’s decision displayed non programmed characteristics, because it was made in response to the cold weather that made him select the warmest clothes he owned, which was an old army overcoat, and headgear. His decision was highly unstructured because Stanley’s warmest clothes were the old army overcoat and headgear. Stanley did not
