When Fire Chiefs Manage Firefighters Battling Hazardous, Out-Of-Control Fires, They

Multiple Choice

When fire chiefs manage firefighters battling hazardous, out-of-control fires, they frequently have to depend on their professional instincts to make on-the-spot decisions that will protect the lives of the firefighters, save the lives of others, control the fires, and preserve property-decisions made in emergency situations involving high ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions. This is an example of which of the following types of decision making?

A) programmed
B) routine
C) groupthink
D) intuition