THINKING ABOUT... I In making decisions‚ your own mind may be your worst enemy. most important job of any executive. It’s also t h e toughest and the riskiest. Bad decisions can damage a business and a career‚ sometimes irreparably. So where do bad decisions come from? In many cases‚ they can be traced back to the way the decisions were m a d e - t b e alternatives were not clearly defined‚ the right information was not collected‚ the costs and benefits were not accurately weighed. But sometimes
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daunting task. With the astronauts’ lives hanging in the balance‚ mission control evaluated all the choices available to them and made a decision that brought the crew safely home. There are several kinds of decision making models‚ among them are rational model‚ Bounded Rationality‚
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Punctuality is a very important thing in life. Getting to work on time when you are supposed to‚ is punctuality. Showing up for a meeting on time is punctuality. Showing up for an appointment on time is punctuality. It is very important to make it on time for work‚ meetings‚ formations (ten minutes prior)‚ and appointments. Appointments in this case‚ are very important to make it to on time. It is best to show up for appointments early. If you leave home early to get to your appointment‚ it is much
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Decision Making and Buridan ’s Ass Buridan ’s ass is the common name for the paradox which states that an entirely rational ass‚ placed exactly in the middle between two stacks of hay of equal size and quality‚ will starve since it cannot make any rational decision to start eating one rather than the other. The paradox is named after the 14th century French philosopher Jean Buridan. (wikipedia.org. 2006.) I love the idea of a decision making model where everything sucks. I enjoy the thought of
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action. These are called as decision making situations. The different types of managerial decisions can be categorized in the following manner: 1. Routine/repetitive/programmable vs. non routine‚ non-programmable decisions; 2. Operating vs. strategic decisions. The routine/repetitive/programmable decisions are those which can be taken care of by the manager by resorting to standard operating procedures (also called sops in managerial parlance). Such decisions the manager has to take fairly
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evidence based decisions. We now collect more data than ever before‚ and have access to a growing stable of tools that have the capability to analysis data and provide information. This information can help managers and decision makers understand key metrics‚ discover new metrics and make more informed decisions. This can be applied where appropriate to short‚ medium and to long term business goals. Making informed decisions off more accurate data and the analysis of that data not only allows
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THE CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING PROCESS The consumer purchase decision process is generally viewed as consisting of sequential steps or stages through which the buyer passes in purchasing a product or service. The various steps in this process‚ as well as the relevant internal psychological processes‚ those occur at each stage such as motivation‚ perception‚ attitude formation‚ integration and learning. 1. Problem recognition—is the first step in the consumer decision-making process. This is caused
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The intuitive decision making theory can be described as the process of receiving input and ideas without knowing exactly how and where they came from. Intuitive decision making is far more than using common sense because it involves additional sensors to perceive and get aware of the information from outside. Sometimes it is referred to as gut feeling‚ sixth sense‚ inner sense‚ instinct‚ or inner voice. Information acquired through associated learning and stored in long-term memory is accessed
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to make some decisions without consulting the 5. The major conclusion from the Asch studies was: *a. Groups have a significant influence over individual members 6. Katherine’s project team is extremely cohesive; it has become a norm to cooperate and agree with one another. Although Katherine disagrees with some of the influential members in the group who have decided that they do not need to conduct interviews as part of their data collection‚ she doesn’t question their decision. As a result
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to the runaway slave‚ Jim‚ throughout the novel‚ forcing him to make a difficult decision to either help his friend Jim or go to hell‚ as he had been taught. Twain’s depiction of Huck’s internal‚ moral conflict pertaining to Jim throughout the novel and how he rejects popular beliefs to defend his own conclusions represents the human decision making process. Humans first consider who their primary concern in a decision should
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