Question 1

What is a problematic search? What is its role in decision making?

Accepted Answer

A problematic search refers to the proce

Question 2

The company where you work is concerned because of their slow and cumbersome decision making processes. Decisions seem to cycle around and around, frequently without coming to closure. If they wanted to analyze their decision making in order to improve their processes, which particular model that you would recommend? Why? How would you go about studying the problem?

Accepted Answer

I would recommend the Vroom-Yetton-Jago

Question 3

What process would explain increasing the amount of budget for an on-going project on which managers received feedback that it was destined for failure?

Accepted Answer

A)  The garbage can model 
B)  Flexible decision style 
C)  Escalating commitment 
D)  Organized anarchy 
A)  The garbage can model 
B)  Flexible decision style 
C)  Escalating commitment 
D)  Organized anarchy

Question 4

In the problem solution stage, information about environmental and organizational conditions is monitored to determine if performance is satisfactory and to diagnose the cause of shortcomings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the garbage can model, potential solutions may be independent of problems, but are ideas brought to organizational consciousness because participants are attracted to those ideas for some logical or illogical reason.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

____ refers to understanding and agreement about how to solve problems and reach organizational goals.

Accepted Answer

A)  Decision learning 
B)  Technical knowledge 
C)  Intuitive decision making 
D)  Management science 
A)  Decision learning 
B)  Technical knowledge 
C)  Intuitive decision making 
D)  Management science

Question 7

Which step in the rational approach immediately follows developing alternative solutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Evaluate alternatives 
B)  Diagnose the problem 
C)  Implement an alternative to test its viability 
D)  Implement the chosen alternative 
A)  Evaluate alternatives 
B)  Diagnose the problem 
C)  Implement an alternative to test its viability 
D)  Implement the chosen alternative

Question 8

Why would managers in high-velocity environments worry more about the present than the future? Discuss.

Accepted Answer

Managers in high-velocity environments m

Question 9

In intuitive decision making, experience and judgment rather than sequential logic or explicit reasoning are used to make decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the difference between programmed decisions and nonprogrammed decisions and provide an example of each.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the difference between programmed decisions and...

Question 11

Problem consensus refers to understanding and agreement about how to solve problems and reach organizational goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which stage of the organizational decision making process occurs when alternative courses of action are considered and one alternative is selected and implemented?

Accepted Answer

A)  Problem consensus stage 
B)  Problem identification stage 
C)  Problem solution stage 
D)  Problem generation stage 
A)  Problem consensus stage 
B)  Problem identification stage 
C)  Problem solution stage 
D)  Problem generation stage

Question 13

The incremental decision process model places emphasis on:

Accepted Answer

A)  political factors. 
B)  social factors. 
C)  the sequence of activities in the decision process. 
D)  intuitive processes. 
A)  political factors. 
B)  social factors. 
C)  the sequence of activities in the decision process. 
D)  intuitive processes.

Question 14

Management science works best for decisions when problems:

Accepted Answer

A)  are vague. 
B)  have unknown variables. 
C)  are analyzable. 
D)  are qualitative and cannot be quantified. 
A)  are vague. 
B)  have unknown variables. 
C)  are analyzable. 
D)  are qualitative and cannot be quantified.

Question 15

High-velocity environments call for decision makers to depend heavily on one or two savvy, trusted colleagues as counselors, even though everyone is ultimately involved in the decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The garbage can model shows:

Accepted Answer

A)  how poor inputs into decision making results in poor decisions. 
B)  how decisions can be made in mechanistic organizations. 
C)  four streams of events which influence decision making. 
D)  decision making in a stable environment. 
A)  how poor inputs into decision making results in poor decisions. 
B)  how decisions can be made in mechanistic organizations. 
C)  four streams of events which influence decision making. 
D)  decision making in a stable environment.

Question 17

The management science approach to organizational decision making is the analog to the rational approach by individual managers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Carnegie model of organizational decision making says that organizational decisions:

Accepted Answer

A)  involve few managers because of the simplicity with which decisions are made. 
B)  use coalitions for the final choice. 
C)  avoid the pitfall of problemistic search. 
D)  uses coalitions only at lower levels of management. 
A)  involve few managers because of the simplicity with which decisions are made. 
B)  use coalitions for the final choice. 
C)  avoid the pitfall of problemistic search. 
D)  uses coalitions only at lower levels of management.

Question 19

The incremental model places major emphasis on political and social factors that influence decision outcomes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The point of the rational approach is that managers use systematic procedures to arrive at good decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is a problematic search? What is its role in decision making?

What process would explain increasing the amount of budget for an on-going project on which managers received feedback that it was destined for failure?

In the problem solution stage, information about environmental and organizational conditions is monitored to determine if performance is satisfactory and to diagnose the cause of shortcomings.

In the garbage can model, potential solutions may be independent of problems, but are ideas brought to organizational consciousness because participants are attracted to those ideas for some logical or illogical reason.

____ refers to understanding and agreement about how to solve problems and reach organizational goals.

Which step in the rational approach immediately follows developing alternative solutions?

Why would managers in high-velocity environments worry more about the present than the future? Discuss.

In intuitive decision making, experience and judgment rather than sequential logic or explicit reasoning are used to make decisions.

Describe the difference between programmed decisions and nonprogrammed decisions and provide an example of each.

Problem consensus refers to understanding and agreement about how to solve problems and reach organizational goals.

Which stage of the organizational decision making process occurs when alternative courses of action are considered and one alternative is selected and implemented?

The incremental decision process model places emphasis on:

Management science works best for decisions when problems:

High-velocity environments call for decision makers to depend heavily on one or two savvy, trusted colleagues as counselors, even though everyone is ultimately involved in the decision.

The garbage can model shows:

The management science approach to organizational decision making is the analog to the rational approach by individual managers.

The Carnegie model of organizational decision making says that organizational decisions:

The incremental model places major emphasis on political and social factors that influence decision outcomes.

The point of the rational approach is that managers use systematic procedures to arrive at good decisions.

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Exam 12: Decision Making Processes

What is a problematic search? What is its role in decision making?

What process would explain increasing the amount of budget for an on-going project on which managers received feedback that it was destined for failure?

In the problem solution stage, information about environmental and organizational conditions is monitored to determine if performance is satisfactory and to diagnose the cause of shortcomings.

In the garbage can model, potential solutions may be independent of problems, but are ideas brought to organizational consciousness because participants are attracted to those ideas for some logical or illogical reason.

____ refers to understanding and agreement about how to solve problems and reach organizational goals.

Which step in the rational approach immediately follows developing alternative solutions?

Why would managers in high-velocity environments worry more about the present than the future? Discuss.

In intuitive decision making, experience and judgment rather than sequential logic or explicit reasoning are used to make decisions.

Describe the difference between programmed decisions and nonprogrammed decisions and provide an example of each.

Problem consensus refers to understanding and agreement about how to solve problems and reach organizational goals.

Which stage of the organizational decision making process occurs when alternative courses of action are considered and one alternative is selected and implemented?

The incremental decision process model places emphasis on:

Management science works best for decisions when problems:

High-velocity environments call for decision makers to depend heavily on one or two savvy, trusted colleagues as counselors, even though everyone is ultimately involved in the decision.

The garbage can model shows:

The management science approach to organizational decision making is the analog to the rational approach by individual managers.

The Carnegie model of organizational decision making says that organizational decisions:

The incremental model places major emphasis on political and social factors that influence decision outcomes.

The point of the rational approach is that managers use systematic procedures to arrive at good decisions.

Organizations and Organization Theory

Strategy, Organization Design, and Effectiveness

Fundamentals of Organization Structure

The External Environment

Interorganizational Relationships

Designing Organizations for the International Environment

Manufacturing and Service Technologies

Using It for Coordination and Control

Organization Size, Life Cycle, and Decline

Organizational Culture and Ethical Values

Innovation and Change

Conflict, Power, and Politics

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