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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Methods of Group Decision Making No two groups will ever function in the same way while involved in the process of decision making. Some are proactive groups while there are other groups‚ which need a driving force or a facilitator to facilitate the process. There are several methods of group decision-making. Here are some of the common methods employed in the process of decision-making: Authoritarian Style The authoritarian style is like a dictatorship‚ in which the decision ultimately rests
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Adult Consumer Decision Making Process Adults have to make many decisions each day‚ decisions selecting one option over another. How adult consumers make decisions to buy have been studied by marketers to sell their products and services. Marketers have several views of consumers with different perspectives of how individuals make decisions: economic‚ passive‚ cognitive‚ and economic views. However‚ there is a decision making model that reflects all of the views. First‚ we will discuss the process
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.Advantages of group decision-making Firstly‚ group decision making from experts in different areas is beneficial to solve complicate problems. For instance‚ in a small company‚ boss often makes suggestions by himself; the result of his behavior relies on the ability of the boss. So there are cases when he can’t make things right‚ which may be serious fault to the operation of a company. However‚ people with different backgrounds consider the problems more carefully and comprehensively‚ as a result
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he real option approach to investment decision making The real option approach to investment decision making does not provide a superior alternative to traditional methods Capital investment decisions are among the most important strategic decisions a company can make. Twenty years ago‚ managers began to realise that the traditional capital spending decision techniques such as discounting cash flow (DCF) were based on estimated revenues and costs and hence not appropriate in an uncertain arena
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Decision-Making Approaches Name Institution Decision-Making Approaches Describe two decision-making approaches managers can use to make the decision for the scenario you selected. There are many decision-making approaches and they all depend on the situation that the decision maker(s) is in. In the second case where there are infection cases in a certain hospital‚ the duty of the administration is to make a decision that makes sure the problem subsides. One of the main approaches that the management
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Based on the situation I encountered during my clinical‚ decision making in clinical settings is a judgment to be made on the patient care and as nurses‚ our judgment on patient care must be professional. We also need to be aware of the possibilities of our actions and decision. Clinical decision making does not only rely on the individual‚ but in a health care setting‚ the decision doesn’t just come because looking at my situation‚ I didn’t ask any other nurses about their opinion but I was just
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The Decision-Making Process According to Hepworth‚ Rooney and Larsen (2002)‚ issues of decision-making are closely linked to the power dynamics within a family in that the responsibility of decision-making is often held by parents or modeled after parents’ approaches to decision-making. You see this dynamic being played out in the Grape family as Gilbert and the rest of the family look to Mama for the final "say-so" on decisions having to do with the family. Along with Mama’s authority‚ comes
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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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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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