Management

This short written assignment contains three parts. Please answer with complete sentences and attach your assignment as a Word document in Blackboard. It is worth 9 points.

  1. The chapter discusses two types of decisions, programmed and nonprogrammed. Think of the past 6 months and give an example of a programmed and nonprogrammed decision that you’ve made. Please label them and briefly describe why the decision was programmed or nonprogrammed.
  2. From the description of personal decision styles, which do you think is your dominant style (directive, analytical, conceptual, or behavioral) and why? What might be an advantage and disadvantage of that style?
  3. See the section called, “Why Managers Make Bad Decisions”, which talks about six common decision-making biases. Choose 3 of those biases, briefly define it, and give an example of when you have used that decision-making bias.