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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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


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






3. Straightforward - familiar - and easily defined problems






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






5. A choice among two or more alternatives






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






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






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






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






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






11. A guideline for making decisions






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






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






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






15. An explicit statement that tells managers what can or cannot be done






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Accept solutions that are 'good enough'






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






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






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






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