What does this means that a decision has clear cut goals and good information is available but the future outcomes is associated with each alternatives?

A ______ is a choice made from available alternatives

DECISION

______ _____ is the process of identifying problems & opportunities and then resolving them--this involves effort beoth before & after the actual choice

DECISION MAKING

________ ______ involve situations that have occurred often enough to enable decision rules to be developed and applied in the future.

PROGRAMMED DECISIONS

__________ _____ are made in response to situations that are unique, poorly defined, largely unstructured, and likely to have important consequences for the organization

NONPROGRAMMED DECISIONS

_____ means that all the information the decision maker needs is fully available

CERTAINTY

____ means a decision has clear-cut objectives & good information available. The future outcomes associated with each alternative are subject to change

RISK

__________ means managers know which goals they wish to achieve, but information about alternatives and future outcomes is incomplete

UNCERTAINTY

_________ means that the goals to be achieved or the problem to be solved is unclear, alternatives are difficult to define, and information about outcomes is unavailable

AMBIGUITY

The ________ _____ of decision making is based on assumptions that managers should make logical decisions that will be in the organization's best economic interests

CLASSICAL MODEL

The classical model is _________, defining how a decision maker should a make decisions, adn providing guidellines for reaching an ideal outcome for the organization

NORMATIVE

_______ ___________ means people have limits, or boundaries, on the amount of information they can process in making a decision

BOUNDED RATIONALITY

___________ means that decision makers choose the first solution alternative that satisifes minimal decision criteria

SATISFICING

_________ is another aspect of administrative decision making. It represents a quick apprehension of a decision situation based on past experience but without conscious thought--gut feeling.

INTUITION

A _________ is an informal alliance among managers who support a specific goal

COALITION

A _______ occurs when organizational accomplishment is less than established goals--some aspect of the performance is unsatisfactory

PROBLEM

_________ is the step in which managers analyze the underlying casual factors associated with the decision situation

DIAGNOSIS

____ __________ is the willingness to undertake risk w/ the opportunity of gaining an increased payoff

RISK PROPENSITY

The _____________ of a chosen alternative involves the use of managerial, administrative, and persuasive abilities to ensure that the chosen alternative is carried out

IMPLEMENTATION

______________ uses a face-to-face group to spontaneously suggest a broad range of alternatives for decision making

BRAINSTORMING

Some groups assing a _______ _________, who has the role of challenging the assumptions and assertions made by the group

DEVIL'S ADVOCATE