283 DECISION MAKING: EFFECTIVE BASIC LEADERSHIP Amiruddin MS 1 ; Muhammad Kaulan Karima 2 1 and 2 State Islamic University of North Sumatra, Medan-Indonesia e-mail: 1 amiruddinms@uinsu.ac.id, 2 kaulankarima@uinsu.c.id Abstract: A successful organization must be able and willing to make decisions, because all management activities and functions within the organization basically have the essence of decision making because the process of planning, organizing, mobilizing, and controlling all contain the concepts and behavior of decision making. Effective decisions can be reached if they are fully implemented. Decision making is based on five things: intuition, experience, facts, authority, and rational. Decision making is a strategic role of leadership in providing an important determination, the quality of an educational institution is determined by the leadership, while the quality of the leadership is determined by the decision making. Therefore, decision making becomes the core of leadership in creating quality institutions/organizations. Keyword: Decision Making, Effective Leadership. INTRODUCTION Education development is not only focused on the provision of educational input factors but also should be more attentive to the education process factor. Education Input is an absolute must in certain boundaries but does not guarantee that it can automatically improve the quality of education. National education development efforts, indispensable quality standards of competence and professionalism are assured, to achieve professionalism that can move the dynamics of the progress of national education is required a development process sustainable, precise and effective. 1 As for the ongoing coaching that is precisely targeted and effective an education policy is required. The policy can be concluded is the result of decision-making by top management in the form of objectives, principles, and rules relating to strategic things to direct managers and personnel in determining the future of the organization that Implications for people's lives, meaning that the strategic decisions are set before to be a benchmark for the management of public life. The policy is not separated from the decision-making from the top education to the above. Decision making by the leader in an organization is not detached from the management system. Organisations are the container/venue of a group of people who 1 Petrie K., Mcgee., C., Teacher Professional Development. Who is the Learner? Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 37 (2), 34-56. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2008v331.3