Question 1

Which of the following describes when intuitive decision-making processes work best?

Accepted Answer

A)  when managers can use networked computer databanks for analysis 
B)  when there are few alternatives available 
C)  when experience with similar decisions is extensive, and has been successful 
D)  when a manager must make the decision alone 
A)  when managers can use networked computer databanks for analysis 
B)  when there are few alternatives available 
C)  when experience with similar decisions is extensive, and has been successful 
D)  when a manager must make the decision alone

Question 2

Which of the following illustrates the phenomenon of "escalating commitment"?

Accepted Answer

A)  an increase in the commitment to a decision only when it begins to prove itself as correct or profitable 
B)  continuing to invest time and money in a solution despite evidence of failure 
C)  the need for top management to accept decisions made by lower levels and commit to their implementation 
D)  incremental decision-making 
A)  an increase in the commitment to a decision only when it begins to prove itself as correct or profitable 
B)  continuing to invest time and money in a solution despite evidence of failure 
C)  the need for top management to accept decisions made by lower levels and commit to their implementation 
D)  incremental decision-making

Question 3

What do managers employ when using intuitive decision making?

Accepted Answer

A)  logic 
B)  judgment 
C)  explicit reasoning 
D)  a systematic approach 
A)  logic 
B)  judgment 
C)  explicit reasoning 
D)  a systematic approach

Question 4

Management science sometimes produces decision failures, in part because quantitative data are not rich.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Management science is an excellent device for organizational decision making when problems are analyzable and when the variables can be identified and measured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which type of decision making would typically be used, to the extent possible, in an objective process of selecting a new employee?

Accepted Answer

A)  inspiration and imitation 
B)  the Carnegie model 
C)  the garbage can model 
D)  the rational approach 
A)  inspiration and imitation 
B)  the Carnegie model 
C)  the garbage can model 
D)  the rational approach

Question 7

What are the first four steps of the rational approach to decision making specifically designed to help a manager do?

Accepted Answer

A)  follow the scientific method 
B)  devise a problem solution 
C)  evaluate alternative solutions 
D)  identify the problem 
A)  follow the scientific method 
B)  devise a problem solution 
C)  evaluate alternative solutions 
D)  identify the problem

Question 8

What process would explain increasing the budget for an ongoing project on which managers received feedback that it was destined for failure?

Accepted Answer

A)  the garbage can model 
B)  flexible decision style 
C)  escalating commitment 
D)  organized anarchy 
A)  the garbage can model 
B)  flexible decision style 
C)  escalating commitment 
D)  organized anarchy

Question 9

What would you think about a manager who openly acknowledged and discussed with co-workers and subordinates his .333 "batting average" on organizational decisions? Explain your view, tying in as much as you can from the textbook.

Accepted Answer

In light of the limits in individual and

Question 10

Which step in the rational approach immediately follows developing alternative solutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  evaluating alternatives 
B)  diagnosing the problem 
C)  implementing an alternative to test its viability 
D)  implementing the chosen alternative 
A)  evaluating alternatives 
B)  diagnosing the problem 
C)  implementing an alternative to test its viability 
D)  implementing the chosen alternative

Question 11

In the garbage can model, potential solutions may be independent of problems, but they are ideas brought to organizational consciousness because participants are attracted to those ideas for some logical or illogical reason.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Given the principles of escalating commitment, in which situation described below would you give the greatest funding to the same program in 2010?

Accepted Answer

A)  After you funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be very profitable. 
B)  After another manager funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be very profitable. 
C)  After you funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be a "loser," showing actual prospects of failing. 
D)  After another manager funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be a "loser," showing actual prospects of failing. 
A)  After you funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be very profitable. 
B)  After another manager funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be very profitable. 
C)  After you funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be a "loser," showing actual prospects of failing. 
D)  After another manager funded the program in 2008, it turned out to be a "loser," showing actual prospects of failing.

Question 13

A student organization is concerned because decision making seems to revolve around a strong clique that has formed. Insiders sometimes make those in the minority feel like losers after decisions are reached, and the organization is beginning to lose membership as a consequence. If the student leaders wanted to analyze their organizational decision making in order to improve their processes, which particular model would you recommend? Why? How should members go about studying the problem?

Accepted Answer

First they should use the contingency fr

Which of the following describes when intuitive decision-making processes work best?

Which of the following illustrates the phenomenon of "escalating commitment"?

What do managers employ when using intuitive decision making?

Management science sometimes produces decision failures, in part because quantitative data are not rich.

Management science is an excellent device for organizational decision making when problems are analyzable and when the variables can be identified and measured.

Which type of decision making would typically be used, to the extent possible, in an objective process of selecting a new employee?

What are the first four steps of the rational approach to decision making specifically designed to help a manager do?

What process would explain increasing the budget for an ongoing project on which managers received feedback that it was destined for failure?

What would you think about a manager who openly acknowledged and discussed with co-workers and subordinates his .333 "batting average" on organizational decisions? Explain your view, tying in as much as you can from the textbook.

Which step in the rational approach immediately follows developing alternative solutions?

In the garbage can model, potential solutions may be independent of problems, but they are ideas brought to organizational consciousness because participants are attracted to those ideas for some logical or illogical reason.

Given the principles of escalating commitment, in which situation described below would you give the greatest funding to the same program in 2010?

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Exam 12: Decision-Making Processes

Which of the following describes when intuitive decision-making processes work best?

Which of the following illustrates the phenomenon of "escalating commitment"?

What do managers employ when using intuitive decision making?

Management science sometimes produces decision failures, in part because quantitative data are not rich.

Management science is an excellent device for organizational decision making when problems are analyzable and when the variables can be identified and measured.

Which type of decision making would typically be used, to the extent possible, in an objective process of selecting a new employee?

What are the first four steps of the rational approach to decision making specifically designed to help a manager do?

What process would explain increasing the budget for an ongoing project on which managers received feedback that it was destined for failure?

What would you think about a manager who openly acknowledged and discussed with co-workers and subordinates his .333 "batting average" on organizational decisions? Explain your view, tying in as much as you can from the textbook.

Which step in the rational approach immediately follows developing alternative solutions?

In the garbage can model, potential solutions may be independent of problems, but they are ideas brought to organizational consciousness because participants are attracted to those ideas for some logical or illogical reason.

Given the principles of escalating commitment, in which situation described below would you give the greatest funding to the same program in 2010?

Organizations and Organizational Theory

Strategy, Organizational Design, and Effectiveness

Fundamentals of Organizational Structure

The External Environment

Interorganizational Relationships

Designing Organizations for the International Environment

Manufacturing and Service Technologies

Information Technology and Control

Organization Size, Life Cycle, and Decline

Organizational Culture and Ethical Values

Innovation and Change

Conflict, Power, and Politics

Filters