Abstract: To solve the problems of collecting, synthesizing and analyzing decision-makers' real opinions in group-decision making, a Priority-Pointing Procedure was proposed on the basis of the Western Nomology.This methodology embodies the thinking of balance embedded in the Eastern Management and has been successfully applied to a variety of projects in the Irish government and Irish businesses.As a research team consisting of the founder of the Priority-Pointing Procedure and his Chinese collabo rators who commit to introducing Nomology and the Priority-Pointing Procedure to Chinese readership, in more than five years collaborative research we have explored the latest theoretical developments and their expressions in Chinese.In this paper we present the methodology of the Priority-Pointing Procedure, the situations where this methodology applies to, and the application process of this methodology.Then, we make comparisons between this methodology and some other methodologies applied in group-decision making.We also give an application case.In the case we applied the Priority-Pointing Procedure to a project in Shaanxi Governmental Department of Fiscal Affairs.We under took inter views and questionnaire surveys in five fiscal branches of Shaanxi Governmental Department of Fiscal Affairs.We synthesized and analyzed the data collected in the Xian branch, and gotalter natives and their priority for decision making.The application shows that Priority-Pointing Procedure can be used in the group-decision making with multiple at tributes and multiple criteria in the Chinese context, and useful alternatives and references can be derived.

Key words: management science, group-decision making, priority, Nomology