Question 1

Managers block or distort negative information when they are personally responsible for a negative decision and consistency and persistence are valued in contemporary society are the two explanations why managers escalate commitment to a failing decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Which type of decision-making would typically be used to the extent possible in an objective process of selection of a new employee?

Accepted Answer

A)   Inspiration and imitation
B)   Carnegie model
C)   Garbage can model
D)   Rational approach D

Question 3

List and describe the steps of the rational approach to decision making.

Accepted Answer

Not Answer

Question 4

A venture team is an alliance among several managers who agree about organizational goals and problem priorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The selection phase of the incremental model is very clear that managers must analyze and choose on the basis of objective criteria in order to avoid any future delay that would interrupt implementation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Management science is an excellent device for organizational decision making when problems are analyzable and when the variables can be identified and measured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Intuitive decision processes would work best when which of the following factors were dominant:

Accepted Answer

A)   managers can use networked computer databanks for analysis.
B)   there are few alternatives available.
C)   experience with similar decisions is extensive, and has been successful.
D)   a manager must make the decision alone.

Question 8

____ means organizations accept a satisfactory rather than a maximum level of performance, enabling them to achieve several goals simultaneously.

Accepted Answer

A)   Satisficing
B)   Bounded rationality
C)   Problem consensus
D)   Escalating commitment

Question 9

Discuss the four cells of the contingency framework.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the four cells of the contingency...

Question 10

The prospect theory suggests that the threat of a loss has a greater impact on a decision than the possibility of an equivalent gain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Carnegie Model and the incremental model disagree with each other on how decisions are made--the former claiming that they are made through a political process and the latter claiming that they emerge over time following careful objective analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to the contingency framework for decision models, the Carnegie Model for organizational decision making should be used when:

Accepted Answer

A)   there is high uncertainty in both problems and solutions and uncertain problems and certain solutions.
B)   managers agree on goals and look for optimal solutions.
C)   decisions are nonprogrammable and can be made by an individual.
D)   all of these--the Carnegie Model should be used in every cell of the framework.

Question 13

The first four steps of the rational approach to decision making are specifically designed to help a manager:

Accepted Answer

A)   follow the scientific method.
B)   devise a problem solution.
C)   evaluate alternative solutions.
D)   identify the problem.

Question 14

If organized anarchy existed in the decision environment of a company in the high tech industry, would your goal as a decision maker be to remove that organized anarchy, or to work with it? Explain. How could decisions at that company best be analyzed? How would managers go about using the model to improve decision processes?

Accepted Answer

The answer of If organized anarchy existed in the decision...

Question 15

Management science, although cumbersome, cannot produce failures in decision making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Based on the fact that the management science approach uses quantitative data, which are not rich, discuss limitations of the approach for organizational decision making.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Based on the fact that the management...

Question 17

The rational approach to decision making involves all of the following steps except:

Accepted Answer

A)   define the decision problem.
B)   evaluate alternatives.
C)   implement an alternative to test its viability.
D)   diagnose the problem.

Question 18

Problem consensus and technical knowledge about the means to solve those problems are two characteristics of organizations that determine the use of decision approaches.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A decision interrupt occurs when an organization must cycle back through a previous decision and try something new.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The important decisions made on the title of the Star Wars movie or purchasing the McDonald name for $2.7 million were examples of:

Accepted Answer

A)   the supremacy of data and research.
B)   the garbage can model.
C)   intuitive decision making.
D)   problem consensus.

Exam 12: Decision Making Processes

Managers block or distort negative information when they are personally responsible for a negative decision and consistency and persistence are valued in contemporary society are the two explanations why managers escalate commitment to a failing decision.

Which type of decision-making would typically be used to the extent possible in an objective process of selection of a new employee?

List and describe the steps of the rational approach to decision making.

A venture team is an alliance among several managers who agree about organizational goals and problem priorities.

The selection phase of the incremental model is very clear that managers must analyze and choose on the basis of objective criteria in order to avoid any future delay that would interrupt implementation.

Management science is an excellent device for organizational decision making when problems are analyzable and when the variables can be identified and measured.

Intuitive decision processes would work best when which of the following factors were dominant:

____ means organizations accept a satisfactory rather than a maximum level of performance, enabling them to achieve several goals simultaneously.

Discuss the four cells of the contingency framework.

The prospect theory suggests that the threat of a loss has a greater impact on a decision than the possibility of an equivalent gain.

The Carnegie Model and the incremental model disagree with each other on how decisions are made--the former claiming that they are made through a political process and the latter claiming that they emerge over time following careful objective analysis.

According to the contingency framework for decision models, the Carnegie Model for organizational decision making should be used when:

The first four steps of the rational approach to decision making are specifically designed to help a manager:

Management science, although cumbersome, cannot produce failures in decision making.

Based on the fact that the management science approach uses quantitative data, which are not rich, discuss limitations of the approach for organizational decision making.

The rational approach to decision making involves all of the following steps except:

Problem consensus and technical knowledge about the means to solve those problems are two characteristics of organizations that determine the use of decision approaches.

A decision interrupt occurs when an organization must cycle back through a previous decision and try something new.

The important decisions made on the title of the Star Wars movie or purchasing the McDonald name for $2.7 million were examples of: