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Chapterk1kDecisionkMaking,kProblemkSolving,kCriticalkThinking,kandkClinicalkReasoning:k
Requisiteskforksuccessfulkleadershipkandkmanagement

1. Whatkstatementkisktruekregardingkdecisionkmaking?
A) Itkiskankanalysiskofkaksituation
B) Itkiskcloselykrelatedktokevaluation
C) Itkinvolveskchoosingkbetweenkcourseskofkaction
D) ItkiskdependentkuponkfindingkthekcausekofkakproblemkAns:kCk

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Decisionkmakingkiskakcomplexkcognitivekprocesskoftenkdefinedkaskchoosingkakparticularkcourseko
fkaction.kProblemksolvingkiskpartkofkdecisionkmakingkandkiskaksystematickprocesskthatkfocuseskonk
analyzingkakdifficultksituation.kCriticalkthinking,ksometimeskreferredktokaskreflectivekthinking,kis
krelatedktokevaluationkandkhaskakbroaderkscopekthankdecisionkmakingkandkproblemksolving.

2. What

1. A)k Itskneedkforkimplementationktime
2. B)kItsklackkofkakstepkrequiringkevaluationkofkresults
3. C)k Itskfailurektokgatherksufficientkdata
4. D)k Itskfailurektokevaluatekalternatives

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Thektraditionalkproblem-
solvingkmodelkisklesskeffectivekwhenktimekconstraintskarekakconsideration.kDecisionkmakingkc
ankoccurkwithoutkthekfullkanalysiskrequiredkinkproblemksolving.kBecausekproblemksolvingkatt
emptsktokidentifykthekrootkproblemkinksituations,kmuchktimekandkenergykarekspentkonkidentifyi
ngkthekrealkproblem.

3. Whichkofkthekfollowingkstatementskisktruekregardingkdecisionkmaking?

1. A)kScientifickmethodskprovidekidenticalkdecisionskbykdifferentkindividualskforktheks

amekproblems

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2. B)k Decisionskarekgreatlykinfluencedkbykeachkpersonskvalueksystem
3. C)k Personalkbeliefskcankbekadjustedkforkwhenkthekscientifickapproachktokproblemks

olvingkiskused

4. D)k Pastkexperiencekhasklittlektokdokwithkthekqualitykofkthekdecision

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Values,klifekexperience,kindividualkpreference,kandkindividualkwayskofkthinkingkwillkinfluencekak
personskdecisionkmaking.kNokmatterkhowkobjectivekthekcriteriakwillkbe,kvaluekjudgmentskwillkal
wayskplaykakpartkinkakpersonskdecisionkmaking,keitherkconsciouslykorksubconsciously.

iskakweaknesskofkthektraditionalkproblem-

solvingkmodel?kPagek1

4. Whatkinfluenceskthekqualitykofkakdecisionkmostkoften?kA)kThekdecisionkmakerskimmediateks
uperior
B) Thektypekofkdecisionkthatkneedsktokbekmade
C) Questionskaskedkandkalternativeskgenerated

D) Thektimekofkdaykthekdecisionkiskmadek
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Thekgreaterktheknumberkofkalternativeskthatkcankbekgeneratedkbykthekdecisionkmaker,kthekbetterkt
hekfinalkdecisionkwillkbe.kThekalternativeskgeneratedkandkthekfinalkchoiceskareklimitedkbykeachkp
ersonskvalueksystem.

5. What

1. A)k Goodkdecisionkmakerskarekusuallykright-brain,kintuitivekthinkers
2. B)k Effectivekdecisionkmakerskareksensitivektoktheksituationkandktokothers
3. C)k Goodkdecisionskarekusuallykmadekbykleft-brain,klogicalkthinkers
4. D)k Goodkdecisionkmakingkrequireskanalyticalkratherkthankcreativekprocesses

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Goodkdecisionkmakerskseemktokhavekantennaekthatkmakekthemkparticularlyksensitivektokother

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peoplekandksituations.kLeft-
brainkthinkerskarektypicallykbetterkatkprocessingklanguage,klogic,knumbers,kandksequentialkord
ering,kwhereaskright-brainkthinkerskexcelkatknonverbalkideationkandkholisticksynthesizing.

doeskknowledgekaboutkgoodkdecisionkmakingkleadkonektokbelieve?

6. What

1. A)k Thekplanningkprocesskofkmanagement
2. B)k Thekevaluationkphasekofkthekexecutivekrole
3. C)k Onekstepkinkthekproblem-solvingkprocess
4. D)k Requiredktokjustifykthekneedkforkscarcekitems

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Decisionkmakingkiskakcomplex,kcognitivekprocesskoftenkdefinedkaskchoosingkakparticularkcour
sekofkaction.kDecisionkmaking,konekstepkinkthekproblem-
solvingkprocess,kiskankimportantktaskkthatkrelieskheavilykonkcriticalkthinkingkandkclinicalkreaso
ningkskills.

iskthekbestkdefinitionkofkdecisionkmaking?k

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7. Ifkdecisionkmakingkisktriggeredkbykakproblemkwithkwhatkdoeskitkend?

1. A)k Ankalternativekproblem
2. B)k Akchosenkcoursekofkaction
3. C)k Ankactionkthatkguaranteesksuccess
4. D)k Akrestatementkofktheksolution

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Akdecisionkiskmadekwhenkakcoursekofkactionkhaskbeenkchosen.kProblemksolvingkiskpartkofkdec
isionkmakingkandkiskaksystematickprocesskthatkfocuseskonkanalyzingkakdifficultksituation.kProb
lemksolvingkalwayskincludeskakdecision-makingkstep.

8. Whykdokourkvalueskoftenkcausekpersonalkconflictkinkdecisionkmaking?