Supervision: Decision Making

What is the biggest or most difficult decision you have ever had to make?

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My decisions can impact my family, friends and society.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Some decisions I make may change my entire life.

• True

• False

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You are 100% responsible for each and every decision you make.

• Agree

• Disagree

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When I make decisions, I generally think about the consequences of my decisions. (Consequences are the results of your actions or decisions). For example, I decide to go party the night before a final exam, the consequence is I don't study, I feel unfocused during the exam and fail the exam.

• True

• False

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_______: A discrepancy between an existing and a desired state of affairs. The way things are versus the way you want them to be.

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A supervisor is deciding what transportation company to use to ship goods. The supervisor knows the exact weight of the item to be shipped and the cost incurred if it’s shipped by UPS, FedEx, or DHL. The supervisor is also certain about the outcomes of each alternative—delivery will be made. The supervisor is sure about the costs and weight of the items to be shipped. He is making this decision under conditions of?

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____; to do something although there is a chance of a bad result. Sometimes you have to guess the likelihood of certain outcomes because there is information that you just don't know and can't get.

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___________ - Supervisors who are not sure about the outcomes of decisions, and can’t even make a reasonable guess are said to be making a decision under this condition.

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You recently saw a car tumble off the side of the road, now you think that traveling by car is riskier than traveling by plane. However, if you recently watched a movie about a plane crash, you might feel that planes are more dangerous. Something that we recently saw is more easily remembered and likely to affect our judgment. The bias described here is called ____________ bias.

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Lone Star buys Hi-Tech Inc. to expand their business but after 7 years, Hi-Tech Inc. has been a failure and is losing the company millions of dollars per year.  Instead of selling Hi-Tech Inc. for less than they bought it for and taking a one-time loss, Lone Star decides to keep Hi-Tech Inc and just hopes somehow the business will improve. The bias negatively affecting Lone Star's decision making is escalation of __________ bias.

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• Advantages of Group Decisions:

• • Provides more complete information

  • Generates more alternatives

  • Increases acceptance of a ________.

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• Time-consuming

• Minority domination

• Pressure to _______

• Ambiguous responsibility

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__________ - A technique for generating ideas. An idea-generating process that specifically encourages sharing of many ideas without criticizing the ideas at first.

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________– The process in which bad decisions are made by a group because its members do not want to express opinions, suggest new ideas, etc. that others may disagree with: