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1
The rational choice model of decision making is rarely practiced in reality because:
A)people are not efficient and logical information processing machines.
B)it ignores the fact that emotions influence decision makers.
C)people have difficulty recognizing when their choices have failed.
D)for all of the above reasons.
E)‘a’ and ‘c’ only.
2
A factor that interferes with identifying problems and opportunities is that:
A)stakeholders with vested interests try to influence the decision maker.
B)under some conditions, people block out negative information.
C)leaders are too indecisive.
D)all of the above.
E)‘a’ and ‘b’ only.
3
Which of the following is NOT an organizational behaviour finding about choosing decision alternatives?
A)Decision makers evaluate alternatives against an implicit favourite.
B)Decision makers have limited information-processing abilities.
C)Decision makers evaluate all alternatives simultaneously.
D)Decision makers choose the alternative that is good enough.
E)Decision makers process perceptually distorted information.
4
Which of these statements about intuition is FALSE?
A)Intuition is both an emotional experience and a rapid unconscious analytic experience.
B)Intuition relies on mental models.
C)Some intuition directs us to preferred choices.
D)Intuition relies on action scripts i.e. pre-programmed routines.
E)All emotional signals are intuition.
5
A researcher wanted to find a new product that would temporarily stick objects to desks and walls. While watching his daughter chewing gum, he thought about how gum has features that might fulfill this need. This incident is an example of:
A)escalation of commitment.
B)brainstorming.
C)Intuition.
D)divergent thinking
E)cross-pollination.





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