Topic: Some people make decisions quickly. Others arrive at decisions only after long‚ careful thought. Which type of decision do you most often make? Use specific details and examples to support your answer. There is an European proverb says “Each person’s life is a series of decisions”‚ which means that our decisions will have big effects on our life‚ including good ones and bad ones. To decide truly and then make my life better‚ I often arrive at decisions only after long‚ careful thought
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Section 1.2 Review Questions 1. List the components of and explain the Business Pressures–Responses–Support model. The components of the pressure-response-support model are business pressures‚ companies’ responses to these pressures‚ and computerized support. The model suggests that responses are made to counter the pressures or to take advantage of opportunities‚ support facilitates monitoring the environment (e.g.‚ for opportunities) and enhances the quality of the responses. 2. What are
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COPY DECISIONS Layout is the logical arrangement of components of an advertisement in the copy. It refers to the overall structure‚ the position assigned to the various elements of the copy and illustrations. It is deciding on the placement of headlines‚ copy‚ illustrations‚ marketer’s name‚ logo and the amount of free space in an advertisement copy. Thus‚ the physical arrangement of all the elements of advertisement is called layout. It is concerned with placing all the elements of the advertisement
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Pricing Decisions are decisions faced by top management and marketing managers. How much to charge for a product or service depends on a multitude of factors such as competition‚ cost‚ advertising‚ and sales promotion. Economic theory suggests that the best price for a product or service is the one that maximizes the difference between total revenue and total costs. However‚ in reality‚ the price charged is usually some form of cost-plus‚ which is later adjusted for market conditions and competition
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Decision Making Managers are constantly called upon to make decisions in order to solve problems. Decision making and problem solving are ongoing processes of evaluating situations or problems‚ considering alternatives‚ making choices‚ and following them up with the necessary actions. Sometimes the decision-making process is extremely short‚ and mental reflection is essentially instantaneous. In other situations‚ the process can drag on for weeks or even months. The entire decision-making process
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3 – Decision Analysis 1 Decision analysis is concerned with establishing systematic procedures for making decisions under uncertainty. Knowledge of decision analysis should help analyze a problem in a complicated and uncertain setting‚ to develop alternatives‚ and to identify possible outcomes. The decision maker then selects the alternative that best meets his or her objectives and psychological desires. Decision analysis is important because it provides decision makers with a rational way
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Question 1: Which biases in decision making can be identified in the performances of both Pieterson and Gack? How can the identified biases be overcome? In general‚ the decision making style for manager approach decision making is toward rational and intuitive thinking. In rational thinking a person consider the problem in a rational‚ step-by-step and analytical way. Rational thinking person will resolve a complex and complicated problem into smaller part and then resolve them in a rational‚
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Decision Tree Analysis Choosing Between Options by Projecting Likely Outcomes Decision Trees are useful tools for helping you to choose between several courses of action. They provide a highly effective structure within which you can explore options‚ and investigate the possible outcomes of choosing those options. They also help you to form a balanced picture of the risks and rewards associated with each possible course of action. This makes them particularly useful for choosing between different
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1 Joe’s pizza parlor is attempting to minimize total inventory cost. The cost of each pizza is $1.25. The cost of capital is 18% and the physical cost of maintaining his pizza inventory is currently running at 2% of cost. Joe pays his secretary/bookkeeper $7.50 per hour. Joe’s secretary can place an order in 15 minutes with materials and overhead cost of $15.00 per order. Records show‚ weekly pizza sales as follows: Weekly Pizza Sales Week Sales(units) 1 475 2 515 3 525 4 500 5 485
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DECISION ANALYSIS Definition: A systematic procedure based on thinking patterns used to make choices in the hopes that they are good ones. It involves considering the Elements of a good choice and weighing them against your MUSTS/WANTS and any risks before making a final decision: The book is full of mumbo jumbo on this‚ but it isn’t rocket science. We do some decision analysis almost every time we take a course of action. 1.Develop a Goal or Decision Statement. ACTION Oriented statement.
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