Chat with AIExam 10: Decision Making by Individuals and Groups
Participative decision making is associated with:
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One of the reasons managers face limits to their rationality is that they:
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Describe the effect of diversity and culture on decision making.
(38) VerifiedAnswers will vary.Styles of decision making vary greatly among cultures.In the United States, a culture with low uncertainty avoidance, decisions are seen as opportunities for change.Power distance also affects decision making.The individualist/collectivist dimension has implications for decision making.Japan, with its collectivist culture, favors group decisions.The United States has a more difficult time with group decisions because it is an individualistic culture.The time orientation and masculine/feminine dimensions have an impact on decision making as well.Recent research examining the effects of cultural diversity on decision making has found that when individuals in a group are racially dissimilar, they engage in more open information sharing, encourage dissenting perspectives, and arrive at better decisions than racially similar groups.Please see the section "Diversity and Culture in Decision Making" for more information.
In situations characterized by _____, individuals who make decisions that turn out to be poor choices tend to hold fast to those choices, even when substantial costs are incurred.
(43) A quality circle is a team that is part of an organization's structure and is empowered to act on its decisions regarding product and service quality.
(39) Bounded rationality assumes that managers _____ because the costs of optimizing in terms of time and effort are too great.
(42) Research indicates that men are more risk averse than women and that younger, less experienced managers are more risk averse than older managers.
(42) The capability to become physically involved in participative activities is an individual prerequisite for participative decision making.
(38) Participation buffers employees from the negative experiences of organizational politics.
(37) In the context of the decision-making process, after a solution is implemented, the next step is to:
(33) The _____ rests on the idea that there are constraints that force a decision maker to be less than completely rational.
(39) One social decision scheme is the _____, in which a group supports whatever position is taken by most of its members.
(34) According to the Z model, Intuiting is used to gather information about a problem.
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