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1
Which statement best describes decision-making?
A)Decision making is the subconscious process of choosing alternatives.
B)The role of organizational decision making is not supportive of creativity.
C)Decision making is a conscious process of making choices among one or more alternatives with the intention of moving forward toward some desired state of affairs.
D)Decision making involves talking to ourselves about our own thoughts or actions for the purpose of choosing an alternative.
E)Effective decision making should not involve creative ways of thinking.
2
Which of the following is not a part of the rational decision-making process?
A)Problem or opportunity identification
B)Choosing the best decision process
C)Alternative solutions development
D)Implementation of the selected alternative
E)Opportunity identification and application
3
Of the following items, which one would not be considered to be a problem associated with identification of the current trouble spot?
A)The engagement of effective time management skills when desiring to make accurate decisions.
B)The act of blocking out any form of negative news or facts as an effective coping mechanism.
C)The engagement of mental models that prevent accurate assessment of the available opportunities.
D)The usage of solution-focused problems as being the actual problem at hand.
E)The framing of facts so as to prevent the full assessment of the situation at hand.
4
Processing limited and imperfect information and satisficing rather than maximizing when choosing among alternatives best describes the __________ idea of decision making.
A)non-programmed decision rule
B)imperfect decision making
C)bounded rationality
D)information processing
E)opportunity identification
5
Which one of the following statements does not fit when examining the rational choice paradigm assumptions?
A)Decision makers use goals that are clear, compatible and agreed upon.
B)Decision makers use factual information to choose alternatives.
C)Decision makers choose an alternative that is "good enough".
D)Decision makers evaluate all alternatives simultaneously.
E)Decision makers choose the alternative with the highest payoff.
6
Sally is selecting a new computer system for her office. She only conducted a very brief examination of new brands and then decided to go with the same brand as her old system. Sally felt there simply could not be another brand superior to her "tried and true" one. This decision making problem is most associated with _____________.
A)satisficing
B)implicit favorite
C)intuition
D)scenario planning
E)bounded rationality
7
Whenever Daniel's decision making team is working to establish a solution to a problem, it seems the team inevitably winds up choosing an alternative simply because it appears to be satisfactory or merely "good enough". The team rarely takes the time to evaluate the alternative solutions based on whether it is the one that has the highest value. The team is most likely engaging in the problem of ___________________.
A)satisficing
B)implicit favorite
C)intuition
D)scenario planning
E)bounded rationality
8
_____________ is best described as the ability to know when a problem or opportunity exists and to select the best course of action without conscious reasoning.
A)Bounded rationality
B)Divergent thinking
C)Postdecisonal justification
D)Intuition
E)Subjective expected utility
9
Adam's company continues to pour more of its finances into the building renovation project even though it is already $1 million overbudget and eight months over schedule. The company fails to acknowledge that even if completed, the project will not produce expected or desired results. It is most likely the company is experiencing which of the following?
A)Postdecisional justification
B)Escalation of commitment
C)Rational choice paradigm
D)Bounded rationality
E)Divergent thinking
10
Developing an original product, service or idea that makes a socially recognized contribution is known as
A)divergent thinking.
B)preparation.
C)creativity.
D)illumination.
E)morphological analysis.





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