Exam 14: Decision Making

All of the following apply to non-programmed decisions except:

What should you measure to determine how critical a problem is for the organization?

Identify three specific techniques for stimulating creativity.Which one of these techniques is best?

In high power-distance cultures such as India,decisions are made at the _______ level of the organization.

The nominal group technique employs all of the following except:

Discuss the elements of a problem that should be considered in determining its significance.

Most decision makers are very similar in their willingness to take risk.

Gamblers who place larger and larger wagers in an effort to recoup earlier losses are displaying a decision-making behavior called _______________.

_______________ creative potential.

Asking "If this decision was published in the newspaper,would the reader consider the decision ethical?" is subjecting a decision to a(n)_______________ test.

Periodic reordering of inventory to maintain preset levels would be classified as which of the following decision types?

A _____________ is an appointed critic of proposed group actions whose role is to uncover underlying issues with the prevailing direction of the group.

Certainty is possible in most decision-making _______________.

The administrative decision-making model incorporates which of the following concepts?

Provide an example of a nonprogrammed secession that may face a university.

Compare individual and group decision making.What are some of the positives and negatives of each approach?

Problems typically result from a determination that a discrepancy exists between current reality and _______________.

_______________ includes a strict series of rules by which participants must abide.

Group decision-making outcomes are typically improved by merging the identifying solutions and problem identification processes into one activity.

A poor implementation will have no effect on a good decision.