Abstract: Different decision cost composition determined different decision mode choice. In community governance activities, there were individual decision making, majority decision making and consensus decision making. From the perspective of cost analysis, it would be found that there were some misalignment problems in community decision making, such as individual arbitrary decision, majority “tyranny” and “pot-luck”. The dislocation of community decision-making resulted in the corresponding waste of community living costs. Therefore, clarifying and correcting the misalignment of community decision-making through cost analysis would help promote the innovation of community governance.

Key words: cost comparison, decision-making model, community governance decision-making model