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Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for s
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uccessful leadership and management
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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 problem Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a partic
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ular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systemati
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c process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometim
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es referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader sco
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pe than decision making and problem solving.
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2. What



1. A) Its need for implementation time
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2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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Ans: A Feedback:
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The traditional problem-
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. Decision
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making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because pr
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oblem solving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and
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energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision
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makers immediate superior
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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D) The time of day the decision is made Ans:
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C Feedback:
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker
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, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choice
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s are limited by each persons value system.
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5. What



1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Ans: B Feedback:
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive
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to other
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people and situations. Left- A A A


brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, and seque
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ntial ordering, whereas right-
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brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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6. What


1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a partic
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ular course of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-
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solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clini
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cal reasoning skills.
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is the best definition of decision making? Page 2
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7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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1. A) An alternative problem
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2. B) A chosen course of action
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3. C) An action that guarantees success
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4. D) A restatement of the solution
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A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem solving is p
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art of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a diffi
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cult 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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1. A) Some values are not realistic or healthy
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2. B) Not all values are of equal worth
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3. C) Our values remain unchanged over time
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4. D) Our values often collide with one another
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will
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influence a persons decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be,
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value judgments will always play a part in a persons decision making, either consci
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