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Management 101: Decision Making

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 26 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An explicit statement that tells managers what can or cannot be done






2. Making decisions on the basis of experience - feelings - and accumulated judgment






3. A repetitive decision that can be handled by a routine approach






4. A situation in which the decision maker is able to estimate the likelihood of certain outcomes






5. Unique and nonrecurring decisions that require a custom-made solution






6. Subconscious mental processing; Values or ethics-based decisions; Experience-based decisions; Affect-initiated decisions; Cognitive-based decisions






7. The systematic use of the best available evidence to improve management practice






8. Problems that are new or unusual and for which information is ambiguous or incomplete






9. Decision making that's rational - but limited (bounded) by an individual's ability to process information






10. A situation in which a manager can make accurate decisions because all outcomes are known






11. Decision style characterized by a person's preference for internal sources of information and processing this information with internal insights - feelings and hunches






12. Decision style characterized by a person's preference for using external data and facts and processing this information through rational - logical thinking






13. A guideline for making decisions






14. Understand cultural differences; Know when it's time to call it quits; Use an effective decision-making process; Build an organization that can spot the unexpected and quickly adapt to the changed environment

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15. 1: Identifying a problem; 2: Identifying decision criteria; 3: Allocating weights to the criteria; 4 Developing alternatives; 5 Analyzing alternatives; 6: Selecting an alternative; 7: Implementing the alternative; 8: Evaluating decision effectiveness






16. Overconfidence; Immediate gratification; Anchoring effect; Selective perception; Confirmation; Framing; Availability; Representation; Randomness; Sunk costs; Self-serving; Hindsight






17. A situation that a decision maker has neither certainty nor reasonable probability estimates available






18. Straightforward - familiar - and easily defined problems






19. Accept solutions that are 'good enough'






20. An obstacle that makes it difficult to achieve a desired goal or purpose






21. Rules of thumb that managers use to simplify decision making






22. Describes choices that are logical and consistent and maximize value






23. A series of sequential steps used to respond to a well-structured problem






24. A choice among two or more alternatives






25. Criteria that define what's important or relevant to resolving a problem






26. An increased commitment to a previous decision despite evidence it may have been wrong







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