Decisions Involving Alternative Choices Structure: 13.1 Introduction Objectives 13.2 Decision Making 13.3 Types of Costs 13.4 Types of Choices Decisions 13.5 Make or Buy Decisions 13.6 Addition / Discontinuance of a Product line 13.7 Sell or Process Further 13.8 Operate or Shut down 13.9 Exploring New Markets 13.10 Maintaining a desired level of profit 13.11 Summary 13.12 Terminal Questions 13.13 Answers to SAQs and TQs 13.1 Introduction In the previous unit we learnt about Marginal
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A CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN PURCHSING A CAR Research suggests that customers go through five stages in making decision on any purchase (The Engel‚ Blackwell and Miniard‚ 1990). The economic buyer theory published by South-Western college in 1997 () explained that all customers have full information‚ make comparison‚ are rational‚ they have limited resources to satisfy their limitless needs‚ and they want to maximise satisfaction (page). A person who intends to purchase a car‚ go through
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1. What is inflation risk? Inflation risk is the decision when to wait to buy an item and risking if the product went down in price or up in price. 2. What are opportunity costs? Give an example of an opportunity cost. Opportunity costs are things you give up when you make a choice. An example of a opportunity cost is to give up your newspaper subscription so you can now have a magazine subscription. 3. What is the time value of money? The time value of money is the increase on a value of money
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Decision-making is fundamentally the process of making a choice from a number of alternatives and it has three levels which are individual‚ group and organizational (Buchanan‚ 2010). Nowadays‚ more and more organization use group decision-making and the benefit of group decision-making is that groups offer the advantages of a greater pool of knowledge‚ different perspectives‚ greater problem comprehension and increased acceptance of decision (Hill‚ 1982). While‚ it is the very strengths of a group
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CONSUMER DECISION MAKING PROCESS (Individual Assignment) On 26th February 2010‚ I have bought a national car‚ Perodua Viva 1.0 for RM35‚ 400 for myself. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this product before I finally come up with a decision to purchase it. Below shows the steps that I go through before I finally make my decision to purchase this car. Generally speaking‚ I follow the 5 steps of decision making process which I have learnt from my MKT2103 Lecturer‚ Mr. Visneh Maran in
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For what decisions would estimated cost information be useful if you were a hospital administrator? The Director of a Cinema hall? The Marketing vice president of a bank? Cost information is the information about the different costs that are incurred in the operation
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Improving Decision Making in Crisis Response Through Critical Thinking Support Jan Maarten Schraagen Josine G. M. van de Ven TNO Defence‚ Security and Safety ABSTRACT: In this study‚ we describe how to use innovative techniques to improve the decision-making process in crisis response organizations. The focus was on building situation awareness of a crisis and overcoming pitfalls such as tunnel vision and information bias through using critical thinking. We started by observing typical difficulties
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Emotional Components of Decision Making My life changing decision which comprised of many emotional components‚ took place in December 2009. I was totally torn and unable to make a decision. In my opinion my final decision resembled Tetlock ’s (1992) definition of a decision maker as a politician. I had to utilize both my cognitive as well as my social interpretations‚ as realistic as possible‚ so as to finalise my decision. I am a registered nurse; I was offered a job abroad in December of 2009
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| Committees and Group Decision Making What is Committee? Committee is a group of persons to whom‚ as a group‚ some matter is committed. Its right purpose can result in greater motivation‚ improved problem solving‚ and increased output. Committees are prevalent in business. A board of directors is a committee‚ as are its various constituent groups‚ such as the executive committee‚ the finance committee‚ the audit committee‚ and the bonus committee. Occasionally‚ one finds a business managed by
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Values and Ethical Decision Making Values and Ethical Decision Making The company that I chose to compare to my Ethics Awareness Inventory Scoring Summary is Pfizer. Pfizer is a multination pharmaceutical company; they develop and produce medicines and vaccines for a wide range of conditions. Pfizer is a company had an annual income of 67 Billion dollars last year (P.‚ 2012). Some of the popular products that Pfizer makes are Advil‚ Celebrex‚ Viagra and Lipitor. The reason I chose Pfizer
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