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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. 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






2. Accept solutions that are 'good enough'






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Straightforward - familiar - and easily defined problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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


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






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






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






24. A guideline for making decisions






25. A choice among two or more alternatives






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