Chapter 8 Flashcards

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Decision Making

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The process of choosing from among several alternatives

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Problem Solving

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Finding the answer to a question; it is also a form of decision making in which the issue is unique and alternatives must be developed and evaluated without the aid of a programmed decision rule

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Programmed Decision

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A decision that recurs often enough for a decision rule to be developed

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Decision Rule

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A statement that tells a decision make which alternative to choose based on the characteristics of the decision situation

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Non-programmed Decision

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A decision that recurs infrequently and for which there is no previously established decision rule

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Condition of Certainty

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Under this condition, the manager knows what the outcomes of each alternative of a given action will be but has enough information to estimate the probabilities of various outcomes

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Condition of Risk

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Under this condition, the decision maker can’t know with certainty what the outcome of a given action will be but has enough information to estimate the probabilities of various outcomes

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Condition of Uncertainty

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Under this condition, the decision maker lacks enough information to estimate the probability of possible outcomes

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Rational Decision-Making Approach

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A systematic, step-by-step process for making decisions

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Contingency Plans

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Alternative actions to take if the primary course of action is unexpectedly disrupted or rendered inappropriate

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Doubt about a choice that has already been made

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Evidence-Based Management (EBM)

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The commitment to identify and utilize the best theory and data available to make decisions

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Administrative Model

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This model of decision making argues that managers use bounded rationality, rules of thumb, sub-optimizing, and satisficing in making decisions

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Bounded Rationality

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The idea that decision makers cannot deal with information about all the aspects and alternatives pertaining to a problem and therefore choose to tackle some meaningful subset of it

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Suboptimizing

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Knowingly accepting less than the best possible outcome to avoid unintended negative effects on other aspects of the organization

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Satisficing

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Examining alternatives only until a solution that meets minimal requirements is found

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Coalition

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An informal alliance of individuals or groups formed to achieve a common goal

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Intuition

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Innate belief about something without conscious consideration

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Escalation of Commitment

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Occurs when a decision maker stays with a decision even when it appears to be wrong

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Risk Propensity

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The extent to which a decision maker is willing to gamble in making a decision

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Ethics

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A person’s beliefs about what constitutes right and wrong behavior

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Prospect Theory

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Theory that argues what when people make decisions under a condition of risk they are more motivated to avoid losses than they are to seek gains

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IIntegrated Approach

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This approach to decision making combines the steps of the rational approach with the conditions in the behavioral approach to create a more realistic approach for making decisions in organizations

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Creativity

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A person’s ability to generate new ideas or to conceive of new perspectives on existing ideas

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Preparation
Usually the first stage in the creative process, includes education and formal training
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Incubation
The stage of less intense conscious concentration during which a creative person lets the knowledge and ideas acquired during preparation mature and develop
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Insight
The stage in the creative process in which all the scattered thoughts and ideas that were maturing during incubation come together to produce a breakthrough
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Verification
The final stage of the creative process, the validity or truthfulness of the insight is determined