Team 4 - Chapter 9

1.     In business, which type of decision is taken mostly by high-level management?

• Programmed decisions

• Organizational decisions

• Personal decisions

• Nonprogrammed decisions

Leave Approval Process: Organizations typically have set procedures for employees to request and receive approval for various types of leave (e.g., vacation, sick leave). Which type of decision is made?

• Programmed decisions

• Organizational decisions

• Personal decisions

• Nonprogrammed decisions

3 types of the decision making models are : 

• Classical model, Administrative model, Politician model

• Bounded Rationality model, Intuition model, Political model

• Classical model, Administrative model, Political model

• Bounded Rationality model, Intuition model, Quasirational model

The model describes how managers actually make decisions in complex situations is ?

• Classical model

• Administrative model

• Political model

• Bounded rationality model

Which is the first step in the decision-making process?

• Recognition of decision requirement

• Evaluation and Feedback

• Implementation of the Chosen Alternative

• Development of Alternatives

The step in the decision making process in which managers analyze underlying causal factors associated with the decision situation is:

• Implementation

• Diagnosis

• Evaluation

• Feedback

How many major decision styles has Research identified?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Which style is often adopted by managers having a deep concern for others as individuals (Managers using this style like to talk to people and understand their feelings about the problem)?

• Behavioral

• Conceptual

• Analytic

• Directive

Which is the reason make manager make bad decisions ?

• Justifying past decisions

• Avoid Groupthink

• Use Hard Evidence

• Start with Brainstorming

Being swayed by first perceptions is an expression of

• The reason why managers make bad decisions

• Innovative decison

• Personal Decision Framework 

• Decision-making models