This is the process of resolving problems and issues by assigning several people with different backgrounds to a group.
What is team decision making?
100
The manager makes the decision alone with little or no input from subordinates.
What is autocratic decision style?
100
A good way for companies to minimize the risk associated with decision making is to ____ ________ ________ ________.
What is use dynamic growth strategies?
100
These are four barriers to effective decision making.
What are complacency, avoidance, panic, and indecisiveness?
100
When managers evaluate the ideas and solutions reached and begin making a list of the problems on onse side of the paper and all the possible solutions on the other side of the paper they are completing this stage in The Meyers Model.
What is Stage 5: Solution Finding?
200
Making decisions based on intuition or hunches
What is intuitive decision making?
200
The manager meets with all subordinates as a group to discuss the situation. Information is freely shared, although the manager still makes the final decision.
What is collaborative decision style?
200
In making decisions, managers must first recognize the importance of _______________ and not make decisions that are either too hasty or too delayed.
What is timing?
200
This is the 1st Stage in The Meyers Model where a manager describes the problem or decision in writing.
What is Recognition?
200
When managers try to figure out what needs to be done to carry out or implement a solution they are completing this stage in The Meyers Model.
What is Stage 6: Acceptance Finding?
300
When a group of people come up with as many different ideas as possible to help solve a problem they are doing this.
What is brainstorming?
300
The manager asks subordinates for information needed to make the decision, but still makes the decision alone. Subordinates may or may not be informed of the decision.
What is semi-autocratic decision style?
300
These are the three factors that influence a manager's ability to make decisions.
What is the manager's position in the company, the corporate culture, and the employees the manager supervises.
300
This is the 2nd Stage in the Meyers Model where a manager gathers additional information about the problem.
What is Fact Finding?
300
This is the first step to rational decision making.
What is identifying all possible alternatives?
400
Making decisions based on factual information and logical reasoning
What is rational decision making?
400
The manager shares the situation with a few selected subordinates and asks them individually for information and advice. The manager still makes the final decision, which may or may not reflect the subordinates' influence.
What is leading decision style?
400
These two values most affect a manager's decision making.
What are economic and social values?
400
When a manager revisits the problem to encouragfe more creative solutions or a broader range of solutions they are completing this stage in The Meyers Model.
What is Stage 3 Problem Finding?
400
This is the first of the six steps in the decision-making process.
What is recognizing the need for a decision?
500
Creativity through writing down ideas as a group.
What is brainwriting?
500
The manager and subordinates meet as a group and freely share information. The entire group makes the decision.
What is accommodating decision making style?
500
Good managers know how to encourage ___________.
What is creativity?
500
When managers use brainstorming to come up with alternative solutions to the problem they are completing this stage in The Meyers Model.
What is Stage 4: Idea Finding?
500
This is the difference between rational and intuitive decision making.
What is making decisions based on hunches or intuition rather than on facts and logical reasoning?