While in certain countries some of the main decisions made by principals are the selection of teachers and the management of the budget, in others countries, principals have no role in these issues.
"In the case of adoption, 'the best interest of the child should always be the guiding principal in decision making.
Moreover, decisions which might affect the interests of our profession (such as how much space to devote to a topic) might end up being made by people whose principal decision-making criteria focus on the effects that the decision will have on commerce.
The operator is the principal decision-making unit in any traffic control system.
The General Council, which meets at least five times per year, is the principal decision-making body.
Its Governing Council, consisting of representatives of more than 160 member states, is the principal decision-making body, and its 18-member Executive Board oversees daily operations.
In January 2007 the North Atlantic Council, NATO's principal decision-making body, extended de Hoop Scheffer's term so that he could preside over the alliance's 60th-anniversary celebrations in April 2009.
"He also followed board procedure by reporting the matter to the acting non-executive chair of the board, the chair of the audit and remuneration committee and the shareholders, who are the principal decision-making authority of the Premier League to whom the chief executive is ultimately responsible.
The party's constituency elects a National Assembly, the principal decision-making body, through proportional representation, where every internal movement forms a list.
The Principal Investigator (PI) of each country together with the director of the RESCueH program (a research program consisting of five Danish alcohol treatment studies: Relay Study, Elderly Study, Self-match Study, Cue Exposure Study, and Healthy Lifestyle Study) forms the principal decision-making body of the study (Steering Committee, SC).
