A Committee of Employees Developed a Process Whereby They Would

Multiple Choice

A committee of employees developed a process whereby they would choose a new office-cleaning firm from the six companies that tendered proposals for the contract. The process involved carefully assessing each firm on the four factors that were most important (e.g. cost) , weighting the importance of each factor and then choosing the firm with the highest score. This decision-making activity potentially minimizes problems with:

A) satisficing
B) production blocking
C) problem identification
D) constructive conflict
E) this process has no value in decision making and is discouraged in the textbook