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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a
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problemAns: C
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Feedback:
Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a
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particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a
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systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical
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thinking, sometimes referred to asreflective thinking, is related to evaluation and
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2. What is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model?
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A) Its need for implementation time
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B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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D) Its failure to evaluate cb cb cb


alternativesAns: A
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Feedback:
The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints are
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a consideration. Decision making can occur without the full analysis required in
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problemsolving. Because problem solN
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in situations, much time and energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
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3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
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A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals
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for thesame problems
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C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to
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problemsolving is used
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D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the
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decisionAns: B
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Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking
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will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the criteria
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will be, valuejudgments will always play a part in a person's decision making,
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either consciously or subconsciously.
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often?
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A) The decision maker's immediate superior
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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C) Questions asked and alternatives generated cb cb cb cb


D) The time of day the decision is
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madeAns: C
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Feedback:
The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision
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maker, thebetter the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the
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final choices are limited by each person's value system.
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5. What does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative
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processesAns: B
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly
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sensitive to other people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better
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at processing language, logic, numbers, and sequential ordering, whereas right-
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brain thinkers excel atnonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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6. What is the best definition of decision making?
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A) The planning process of management
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B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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C) One step in the problem-solving process
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D) Required to justify the need for scarce cb cb cb cb cb cb


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Feedback:
Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a
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particularcourse of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-solving
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process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical
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reasoning skills.
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7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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B) A chosen course of action
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C) An action that guarantees success
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D) A restatement of the
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solutionAns: B
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Feedback:
A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem solving
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is part ofdecision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing
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a difficult situation. Problem solving always includes a decision-making step.
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8. Why do our values often cause personal conflict in decision making?
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C) Our values remain unchanged over time
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Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking
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will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the criteria
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will be, valuejudgments will always play a part in a person's decision making,
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either consciously or subconsciously.
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9. Which statement is true concerning critical thinking?
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A) It is a simple approach to decision making
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B) It is narrower in scope than decision making
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C) It requires reasoning and creative analysis
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D) It is a synonym for the problem-solving
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processAns: C
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Feedback:
Critical thinking has a broader scope than decision making and problem
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solving. It issometimes referred to as reflective thinking. Critical thinking also
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involves reflectingupon the meaning of statements, examining the offered
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evidence and reasoning, and forming judgments about facts.
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10. How do administrative man managers make the majority of their decisions?
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B) In a manner good enough to solve the problem
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possible Ans: B
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Feedback:
Many managers make decisions that are just “good enough” because of lack
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of time,energy, or creativity to generate a number of alternatives. This is also
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“satisficing.” Most people make decisions too quickly and fail to
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systematicallyexamine a problem or its alternatives for solution.
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11. What needs to be considered in evaluating the quality of one's
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A) Is evaluation necessary when using a good decision-making model?
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B) Can evaluation be eliminated if the problem is resolved?
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C) Will the effectiveness of the decision maker be supported?
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D) Will the evaluation be helpful in increasing one's decision-making
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skills?Ans: D
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Feedback:
The evaluation phase is necessary to find out more about one's ability as a
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decisionmaker and to find out where the decision making was faulty.
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12. Which statement concerning the role of the powerful in organizational decision
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A) They exert little influence on decisions that are made
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B) They make decisions made that are in congruence with their own values
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C) They allow others to make the decisions however they wish
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D) They make all the important decisions with consideration to
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othersAns: B
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Feedback:
Not only does the preference of the powerful influence decisions of others in
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the organization, but the powerful are also able to inhibit the preferences of the
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less powerful. Powerful people in organizations are more likely to have
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decisions made thatare congruent with their own preferences and values.
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