Chapter 11 - Communication and Decision Making Flashcards

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Linking Processes

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Used to help coordinate the work in a foodservice operation toward its goal.
Decision Making, Communication, and Balance.

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Decision Making

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The selection of a course of action from a variety of alternatives.

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Communication

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The vehicle whereby decisions and other information are transmitted.

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Balance

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managements ability to maintain organizational stability.

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Decision Making Primary Stages

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Define the problem, Identify and analyze possible courses of action, selection of a particular course of action.

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Programmed decision making

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Follow established policies and procedures. Made by lower manager and employees.

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Decisions made by lower level management and employees

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Programmed decisions

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Non programmed decisions

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Unique, have little or no precedent. Unstructured and require a more creative approach.

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Organizational Decisions

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Non programmed decisions related to the purpose, objectives, and activities of the organization.

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Personal Decisions

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Non programmed decisions concerned with the managers individual goals. These may affect the organization.

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Decision making process

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  • Recognise and Define Problem
  • Identify Alternatives
  • Evaluate Alternatives
  • Select the Best Alternatives
  • Implement Chosen Alternatives
  • Evaluate Outcome
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Conditions of Certainty

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Decision maker has adequate information to assure results.

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Conditions of risk

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Various probability techniques are helpful in making decisions. Managers are faced with the probability that any one o several things may occur.

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Conditions of Uncertainty

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When the occurrence of future events cannot be predicted.

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Decision making techniques

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  • Decision Trees
  • Cost-Benefit
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Networks
  • Linear Programming
  • Game Theory
  • Queuing Theory
  • Simulation
  • Artificial Intelligence
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Decision Trees

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A primary decision that has at least two alternatives to be evaluated. The probability of each outcome is ascertained, along with its monetary value.

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Linear Programming

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Useful in determining an optimal combination of resources to obtain a desired objective.

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Game Theory

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Simulated decision situation portraying the actions of an opponent.

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Queuing Theory

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Balances the cost of waiting lines against the cost of preventing them by expanding facilities.

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Artificial Intelligence

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A computer program that attempts to duplicate the thought processes of experienced decision makers.

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Group Decision Making

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used because managers frequently confront situations in which they must seek information and elicit judgements from other people.
Problems usually complex, solutions require specialized knowledge.

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Individual Decision Making

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Managers can make decisions themselves using information available to them.

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Combination Decision Making

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Managers can make decisions after consulting with others.

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Interacting Group Decision Making

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members discuss, argue, and agree upon the best alternative.

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Delphi Group Decision Making
Structured technique for generating creative and innovative alternatives or ideas.
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Focus Group
qualitative information gathering method.
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Advantages of group decision making
- more information and knowledge are available. | - Groups can generate more alternatives.
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Disadvantages of Group Decision Making
- Groupthink | - Risky shift
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Communication Process
When the sender wants to transmit information to the receiver, The sender has a message, an idea, a fact, or some other information to transit to someone. - Sender message - Message meaning encoded -Transmitted through channels influenced by noise - Message meaning decoded =Receiver understanding on message *Feedback throughout.
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Techniques for improved communication
- Feedback - Use many channels of communicating - Face to face communication - Sensitivity to receiver (avoid red flag words) - Awareness of symbolic meanings - Careful timing reinforcing words with action - Simple language - Repetition.
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Characteristics influencing organizational communication
- Formal Channels - Authority Structure - Job Specialization - Information Management
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Formal Channels
(Characteristic Influencing Organizational Communication) | - May inhibit the flow on information between levels in the organization.
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Authority Structure
(Characteristic Influencing Organizational Communication) - Status and power differences among members of an organization may lead to strained politeness and content and accuracy may be affected.
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Job Specialization
(Characteristic Influencing Organizational Communication) | - Facilitates communication within work groups which may lead to jargon and frequent development of group cohesiveness.
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Information Ownership
(Characteristics Influencing Organizational Communication) - Unique information and knowledge about one's job may be viewed as a form of power for those who possess it, making them unwilling to share the information with others.
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Balance
Linking Process, managerial adaptations to changing economical, political, social and technological conditions.
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Collective Bargaining
is a group of employees that bargain as a group with their employer regarding wages, hours, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment