Exam 12: Strategic Decision Making: Process Analysis

The 'prisoners' dilemma' is an illustration of

What is meant by the term 'mindguards'?

When considering the link between strategy formulation and implementation (Miller and Wilson, 2004), the political link concerns

How can a 'strong' organizational culture impede decision making in an organization?

The way that strategies come about is called the strategy

'Wicked' problems (De Wit and Meyer 1999) can be defined as

Strategic decisions can be described as a 'pattern'. In this sense, strategy is

Cyert and March (1963) point out that different parts of an organization can have their own version of rationality. They call this

Outline three characteristics that make a decision strategic in nature.

Organizational influences on decision making can be categorized as systems, structure, ownership/control and

Explain the five perspectives on the nature of decision making as suggested by Mintzberg et al (1998)

A method for testing future strategic options by making slight changes to variables is called

Hickson et al (1986) found that on average the duration between first mention of a strategy to strategy authorization was

Research has shown that two major influences can be seen in whether strategic decisions meet their objectives. These two factors are knowledge base of managers and

Which of the following tools would be most appropriate where strategy is seen as the long-term alignment of the organization with its macro-environment?

With reference to strategic decision making, which of the following statements is true?

In Hickson's typology which two factors were found to have most influence on the characteristic of the decision process?

Hickson et al (1986) discovered three types of decision making in their empirical study of the strategic decision making process. Explain the nature of these three different types.

What is meant by a 'strong' culture?

In the 1950s/1960s strategy development was predominantly what kind of process?