Hyphenate decision-making and its less common equivalent decision-taking, whether you use these expressions as nouns or as adjectives.
Nouns
- Decision-making is the responsibility of the manager.
- The subcommittee will now be responsible for decision-taking.
Adjectives
- In modern companies, the decision-making power is shared with employees.
- Decision-taking meetings should never be held on Fridays.
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