Exam 11: Decision Making

You have just applied for a job and when completing the application form you were surprised to see questions about your age and marital status.Such questions would seem to violate equal employment and human rights legislation and not likely to be related to the job.It made you wonder why a company would ask these questions.What is a good explanation for this?

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Question 81

The following illustrate the operation of bounded rationality EXCEPT

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Question 82

According to the groupthink phenomenon,group members who are overconfident and willing to assume great risks are suffering from

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Question 83

Which of the following is another name for a programmed problem solution technique?

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Question 84

The perfectly rational characteristics embodied in Economic Persons exist in many decision makers.

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Question 85

A study of 356 decisions in medium and large organizations found that ________ of the decisions made in organizations fail.

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Question 86

Which of the following is probably an example of the irrational treatment of sunk costs?

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Question 87

Which of the following is an example of diffusion of responsibility?

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Question 88

Many of the problems encountered in organizations are well structured.

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Question 89

Expertise is sought among the masses when using ________.

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Question 90

A program would most likely be used

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Question 91

What is evidence-based management?

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Question 92

Confirmation bias occurs during problem identification.

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Question 93

Which of the following is an application of crowdsourcing?

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Question 94

Decision makers who establish an adequate level of acceptability for a solution and then screen solutions until one that exceeds this level is found are

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Question 95

Define big data and provide an example of how it has been used in decision making.

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Question 96

People in a good mood tend to overestimate the likelihood that good events will occur and underestimate the occurrence of bad events.

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Question 97

The manager who wishes to diffuse responsibility for a potentially incorrect decision should

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Question 98

Discuss the effect of mood on decision making.What kind of decisions are most likely to be affected by mood,and what does research reveal about moods and decision making?

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Question 99

Individuals are more prone than groups to escalate commitment.

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The following illustrate the operation of bounded rationality EXCEPT

According to the groupthink phenomenon,group members who are overconfident and willing to assume great risks are suffering from

Which of the following is another name for a programmed problem solution technique?

The perfectly rational characteristics embodied in Economic Persons exist in many decision makers.

A study of 356 decisions in medium and large organizations found that ________ of the decisions made in organizations fail.

Which of the following is probably an example of the irrational treatment of sunk costs?

Which of the following is an example of diffusion of responsibility?

Many of the problems encountered in organizations are well structured.

Expertise is sought among the masses when using ________.

A program would most likely be used

What is evidence-based management?

Confirmation bias occurs during problem identification.

Which of the following is an application of crowdsourcing?

Decision makers who establish an adequate level of acceptability for a solution and then screen solutions until one that exceeds this level is found are

Define big data and provide an example of how it has been used in decision making.

People in a good mood tend to overestimate the likelihood that good events will occur and underestimate the occurrence of bad events.

The manager who wishes to diffuse responsibility for a potentially incorrect decision should

Discuss the effect of mood on decision making.What kind of decisions are most likely to be affected by mood,and what does research reveal about moods and decision making?

Individuals are more prone than groups to escalate commitment.

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