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    Creativity is:

    • 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
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BOH4M Decision Making Test

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  • 2. 

    Some "good" aspects of group decision making are:

    • Greater pool of knowledge

    • Different perspectives

    • Greater comprehension

    • All of these are good aspects of group decision making

    Correct Answer
    A. All of these are good aspects of group decision making
  • 3. 

    A popular technique which is used to generate multiple ideas and alternatives for solving problems, without evaluating ideas or selecting solutions, is known as:

    • The mind tornado

    • Cerebral solipsism

    • Brainstorming

    • Barnstorming

    Correct Answer
    A. Brainstorming
  • 4. 

    Some "bad" aspects of group decision making are:

    • Conformity stifles creativity

    • Political wheeling and dealing frustrate progress

    • Different perspectives

    • Both a and b

    Correct Answer
    A. Both a and b
  • 5. 

    Concentration in creativity involves:

    • Organizing workers

    • Focusing on the problem

    • Creating a team

    • Ordering coffee

    Correct Answer
    A. Focusing on the problem
  • 6. 

    There are three broad types of creativity:

    • Creation, genesis, and exegesis

    • East, west, and north-south

    • Creation, synthesis and modification

    • Film, books, and games

    Correct Answer
    A. Creation, synthesis and modification
  • 7. 

    Some guidelines for successful group decision making include:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. All of these can help ensure successful group decision making
  • 8. 

    Methods that managers can use to improve employee creativity include:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. All of these are methods that managers can use to improve creativity
  • 9. 

    Participative management (PM) is a method of

    • Excluding employees in decision making

    • Including employees in decision making

    • Tricking employees into making decisions

    • Postponing significant decision making

    Correct Answer
    A. Including employees in decision making
  • 10. 

    In Participative Management, employees play a direct role in:

    • Setting goals

    • Making decisions

    • Solving problems, and Making changes in the organization

    • All these are part of PM

    Correct Answer
    A. All these are part of PM
  • 11. 

    All creative processes have these underlying steps:

    • Preparation, and concentration

    • Incubation, and illumination

    • Verification

    • All of these are steps in the creative pocess

    Correct Answer
    A. All of these are steps in the creative pocess
  • 12. 

    Businesses can reduce the risk of escalation of commitment by:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. All of these are methods of reducing the risk of escalation of commitment
  • 13. 

    Managers with a low tolerance for ambiguity, who are oriented towards people and social concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:

    • Directive

    • Analytical

    • Conceptual

    • Behavioural

    Correct Answer
    A. Behavioural
  • 14. 

    A consensus is reached when:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. 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
  • 15. 

    When escalation of commitment occurs, individuals tend to:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above
  • 16. 

    The rational model of decision making suggests that managers...

    • Are inherently irrational

    • Make decisions every day

    • Use a rational 4 step model of decision making

    • Should avoid making decisions

    Correct Answer
    A. Use a rational 4 step model of decision making
  • 17. 

    The sequence of steps in rational decision making is..

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Identifying problems, generating solutions, selecting solution, implementing and evaluating solution
  • 18. 

    Personal decision making styles vary on the basis of...

    • Level of education and risk averseness

    • Value orientation and tolerance for ambiguity

    • Ambiguity orientation and level of pay

    • Level of education and risk orientation

    Correct Answer
    A. Value orientation and tolerance for ambiguity
  • 19. 

    Synthesis involves

    • Creating something new

    • Combining two ideas to get a new one

    • Changing an existing idea

    • The first book of the New Testament

    Correct Answer
    A. Combining two ideas to get a new one
  • 20. 

    The bounded rationality model suggests that decision makers are restricted by certain constraints when making decisions such as..

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Limited Information Processing, Judgmental Heuritsics, and Satisficing
  • 21. 

    Tolerance for Ambigiuity is the degree to which people have a high need for...

    • Ambiguity or futility index

    • Profit making or loss making

    • Power

    • structure or control

    Correct Answer
    A. structure or control
  • 22. 

    Managers with a low tolerance for ambiguity and who are oriented towards task concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:

    • Analytical

    • Directive

    • Conceptual

    • Behavioural

    Correct Answer
    A. Directive
  • 23. 

    Managers with a high tolerance for ambiguity and who are oriented towards task concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:

    • Analytical

    • Directive

    • Conceptual

    • Behavioural

    Correct Answer
    A. Analytical
  • 24. 

    Escalation of Commitment refers to...

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Sticking to an ineffective course of action for too long
  • 25. 

    Illumination in problem solving involves:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Generating remote associations that were developing during incubation
  • 26. 

    Managers with a high tolerance for ambiguity, who are oriented towards people and social concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:

    • Directive

    • Analytical

    • Conceptual

    • Behavioural

    Correct Answer
    A. Conceptual
  • 27. 

    Value Orientation is the degree to which people focus either on (blank) concerns or (blank)   concerns.

    • Management, risk

    • People, business

    • Task, people

    • Business, risk

    Correct Answer
    A. Task, people
  • 28. 

    The Delphi Technique is

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. A way to anonymously generate ideas from physically dispersed experts
  • 29. 

    Some classic symptoms of groupthink include:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. Illusion of invulnerability, self-censorship, and peer pressure
  • 30. 

    Participative Management has been found to have:

    • 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

    Correct Answer
    A. A small but significant effect on job performance, and a moderate relationship with job satisfaction

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