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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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Ans: A Feedback:
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The traditional problem-
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making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because pr
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oblemsolving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and
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energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker,
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the better the finaldecision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices
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are limited by each persons value system.
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5. What
1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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6. What
1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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lar course of action.Decision making, one step in the problem-
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cal reasoning skills.
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Chapter 1 n n
Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for s
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uccessfulleadership and management
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particu
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lar course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic
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process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes
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referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluationand has a broader scope t
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han decision making and problem solving.
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2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
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2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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Ans: A Feedback:
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The traditional problem-
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. Decision
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making can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because pr
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oblemsolving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and
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energy are spent on identifying the real problem.
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision
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makers immediatesuperior
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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C) Questions asked and alternatives generated n n n n
D) The time of day the decision is made Ans:
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker,
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the better the finaldecision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices
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are limited by each persons value system.
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5. What
1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive
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people and situations. Left- n n n
brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, andseque
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brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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6. What
1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a particu
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lar course of action.Decision making, one step in the problem-
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solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clini
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cal reasoning skills.
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