BOH4M Decision Making Test
Level of education and risk averseness
Value orientation and tolerance for ambiguity
Ambiguity orientation and level of pay
Level of education and risk orientation
Bias facts so that they support the previous decision
Take more risks when a decision is stated in negative terms (to recover losses) rather than positive ones (to achieve gains)
Get too ego-involved with the project
All of the above
Having different individuals make the initial and subsequent decisions about a project.
Providing more frequent feedback about project completion and costs
Making decision makers aware of the costs of persistence
All of these are methods of reducing the risk of escalation of commitment
A process of using intelligence, imagination, and skill to develop a new or novel product, object, process, or thought
Something which is inherent and cannot be taught
A quality which very few people have
Not essential to a business
Creating something new
Combining two ideas to get a new one
Changing an existing idea
The first book of the New Testament
Preparation, and concentration
Incubation, and illumination
Verification
All of these are steps in the creative pocess
Organizing workers
Focusing on the problem
Creating a team
Ordering coffee
Focusing on the problem
Starting from a base of knowledge
Generating remote associations that were developing during incubation
Going through the process to verify, modify, or try out new ideas
Greater pool of knowledge
Different perspectives
Greater comprehension
All of these are good aspects of group decision making
Conformity stifles creativity
Political wheeling and dealing frustrate progress
Different perspectives
Both a and b
If additional information would increase the quality of the decision, involve people who can provide the information
If acceptance is important, involve people whose acceptance & commitment are important
If people can be developed through their participation, involve those whose development is most important
All of these can help ensure successful group decision making
A way to generate ideas from closely located experts each of whom is publically attached to the idea
A way to anonymously generate ideas from physically dispersed experts
A way to predict the future
A way to review past mistakes
Are inherently irrational
Make decisions every day
Use a rational 4 step model of decision making
Should avoid making decisions
Evaluating solutions, identifying problems, generating solutions, and selecting solutions
Identifying problems, generating problems, selecting solution, implementing and evaluating solution
Avoiding problems, generating solutions, selecting solution, implementing and evaluating solution
Identifying problems, generating solutions, selecting solution, implementing and evaluating solution
Unlimited Information Processiong, Judgmental Heuritsics, and Satisficing
Limited Information Processing, Judgmental Heuristics, and The Inability to get Satisfaction
Limited Information Processing, Judgmental Heuritsics, and Satisficing
Limited Information Processing, Non-judgmental Heuristics, and Satisficing
Management, risk
People, business
Task, people
Business, risk
Ambiguity or futility index
Profit making or loss making
Power
structure or control
Analytical
Directive
Conceptual
Behavioural
Analytical
Directive
Conceptual
Behavioural
Directive
Analytical
Conceptual
Behavioural
Directive
Analytical
Conceptual
Behavioural
Being determined to improve performance
Striving for excellence at all times
Sticking to an ineffective course of action for too long
Being committed to riding escalators
Creation, genesis, and exegesis
East, west, and north-south
Creation, synthesis and modification
Film, books, and games
Encourage employees to be more open to new ideas and experiences
Allow employees to have fun and play around
Avoid a negative mindset when employee brings a new idea
All of these are methods that managers can use to improve creativity
Illusion of empowerment, self-censorship, and peer pressure
Illusion of invulnerability, delusional thinking, and mindguards
Illusion of invulnerability, self-censorship, and peer pressure
Rationalization, belief in inherent mortality, and persistent delusions
Excluding employees in decision making
Including employees in decision making
Tricking employees into making decisions
Postponing significant decision making
Setting goals
Making decisions
Solving problems, and Making changes in the organization
All these are part of PM
A major effect on job performance, and a moderate relationship with job satisfaction
A small but significant effect on job performance, and a major relationship with job satisfaction
A small but significant effect on job performance, and a moderate relationship with job satisfaction
A major effect on job performance, and a very strong relationship with job satisfaction
A majority of the team agrees to the outcome
No one member of the team is in opposition to the outcome
Few support the outcome, but none will openly say so
All members either agree with the decision or have expressed their opinion and were unable to convince others of their viewpoint, and have agreed to support the outcome
The mind tornado
Cerebral solipsism
Brainstorming
Barnstorming
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