Often management is "under the gun" to solve problems and meet deliverables. This can lead to
Which of the following is not a reason people engage in
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When someone says, "The lightbulb just went on," they are in the ________ stage.
The workplace supports ________ when reasonable mistakes are tolerated and expected as part of the discovery process.
The gap between "what is" and "what ought to be" is also called a
The main reason why decision makers compare alternatives against an implicit favorite is the hard-wired human need to minimize
The rational choice decision-making process selects the choice with the highest value through the
Sue Kim is trying to decide which shoes to order for the next season. She has examined the sales reports and walked the sales floor. She thinks she understands what customers will prefer, but is not certain. She still asks her staff at the next meeting since they are more in touch with customers. She is using which contingency for employee involvement in decision making?
Decision makers might succumb to the solution-focused problem trap because
Numerous studies on participative decision making, task conflict, and team dynamics have found that involvement
George is a manager for InnoBLAST Inc., a web-based applications company. In an attempt to promote new ideas, George decides to allow his engineering team to devote 15 percent of their work time to whatever projects they would like to work on and reduces their assigned workload. He then institutes a 30-minute period each morning where the team members are asked to look over their current project list for the day and develop more knowledge about a task before they move on to work on their assigned tasks.
George encourages employees to discover new ideas and advises them that reasonable mistakes are tolerated and expected in that discovery process. By doing this, George is helping to develop ________ in the work unit.
According to the rational decision-making process, Alvin should select the vendor that offers the most
People tend to be more creative when they
In the creative process, which of the following refers to a "fringe" awareness?
Middle managers of a marketing firm were addressing the problem of creating eye-catching ads that were able to be easily reproduced in both color and black and white. One manager said, "The main problem here is we design using color to lure the consumer instead of relying on the benefits of the product itself." Which of the following best describes the decision-making problem that this manager is exhibiting?
Incubation and verification are two
Which of the following is assisted by incubation in the creative process?
Since Braided Bread has identified the problem, their next step is to
________ occurs when decision makers choose to continue an existing course of action because it is the less painful option at the time.
Which of the following is not a reason people engage in satisficing rather than maximization?
________ is valuable throughout the decision-making process.
________ is the tendency to experience stronger negative emotions when losing something of value than the positive emotions experienced when gaining something of equal value.
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