Exam 6: Managerial Decision Making

Goals often are vague,conflicting,and lack consensus among managers,according to the administrative model of decision making.

Which model of decision making is associated with satisficing,bounded rationality,and uncertainty?

The ____ step in the decision making process involves using managerial,administrative,and persuasive abilities to translate the chosen alternative into action.

____________________ means that decision-makers choose the first solution alternative that satisfies minimal decision criteria.

Managers should be asking questions such as "What is the urgency of the problem?" during the development of alternatives stage of managerial decision-making.

Feedback provides decision-makers with information that can precipitate a new decision cycle.

Riley is a manager at the Tinker Tools.She is expected to make decisions that are in the organization's best economic interests.Her decisions should be based on which of the following models?

Decision making involves effort both before and after the actual choice.

Uncertainty is by far the most difficult decision situation.

Two employees in Stacey's department quit which is normal for her department.She is faced with the decision to fill these positions.This would be considered a nonprogrammed decision.

Which of these styles is adopted by managers having a deep concern for others as individuals?

____________________ is the willingness to undertake risk with the opportunity of gaining an increased payoff.

____________________ decisions are made in response to situations that are unique,are poorly defined and largely unstructured,and have important consequences for the organization.

____________________ exists when managers see potential of enhancing performance beyond current levels.

A(n)____________________ is a choice made from available alternatives.

According to the New Manager Self-Test,linear means to use primarily intuition to make decisions; nonlinear means using logical rationality to make decisions.

The process of forming alliances among managers is called coalition building.

Managers with an analytical decision style like to consider complex solutions based on as much data as they can gather.

Good examples of ____ decisions are strategic decisions.

____________________ is the process of identifying problems and opportunities and then resolving them.