Overconfidence bias in decision-making at different levels of management Dov Paluch 10646656 A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science‚ University of Pretoria in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration 9 November 2011 © University of Pretoria Copyright © 2012‚ University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted
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THINKING ABOUT... I In making decisions‚ your own mind may be your worst enemy. most important job of any executive. It’s also t h e toughest and the riskiest. Bad decisions can damage a business and a career‚ sometimes irreparably. So where do bad decisions come from? In many cases‚ they can be traced back to the way the decisions were m a d e - t b e alternatives were not clearly defined‚ the right information was not collected‚ the costs and benefits were not accurately weighed. But sometimes
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The Price of Doing Good: Consequences of Ethical Decision Making DDBA 8151: Organizational Leadership: Doctoral Theory and Practice December 7‚ 2014 Ethical Decision Making Making ethical decisions often means an organization will have to trade something off for the greater good of all people. A company ’s ethical behavior is directly tied to leadership and their moral beliefs and values. The head of CVS is transforming the number one ranked retail pharmacy chain into a model organization. The
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Module One Shedding the Light on Decision Making 1. According to Pearl‚ one of the most important factors in critical decision making is setting goals‚ both short and long term and staying focused on them. This principle applies to managing my life in that years ago I set the long term goal of becoming a CPA. Through setting short term goals of completing my Associates degree I changed my long term goal to teaching business. To do this I had to re-structure my short term goals to include taking
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Decision Making Model Analysis The definition of decision making according to Wikipedia is "the cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among multiple alternatives" (2006‚ ¶ 1). Every decision made creates a final choice. Decision making begins when one needs to accomplish something but is unsure how. Decision making can be a rational or irrational reasoning process (Wikipedia‚ 2006). Many decision-making models have been developed. One of the models is the Vigilant decision making
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Accounting and Decision Making Techniques Assignment MFP/MBA November 2012 –March 2013 Course Lecturer: S.A. Palan ONUR CAN ASLAN B0316KGKG1112 2013 Table of Content ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Importance of Investment Appraisal for Business Entities 5 Calculations of NPV‚ IRR and Payback Period 5 Selection of Projects 8 Changes in the NPV with cost of capital 8 Changes in the IRR with cost of capital 9 Difference of sensitivity between Long-term and Short term NPV 9
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Managerial Emphasis Chapter 11 Decision Making and Relevant Information Copyright © 2013 Pearson Canada Inc. 11 - 1 Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis Decision Model • The process of making a choice‚ often involving both quantitative and qualitative analyses • Quality of the choice depends upon the qualify of the information obtained – Perfect information is never available 1 Copyright © 2013 Pearson Canada Inc. 11 - 2 Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis Decision Model • May involve more
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Relevant Costs and Decision Making 4.16 A. The fixed overhead cost will be the same regardless of which method Regina Corp goes. Based on the analysis of Yoklic‚ they will incur the additional cost of $6 per unit by purchasing the subassemblies versus manufacturing them. B. The $50‚000 that is saved by eliminating the fixed overhead reduces the cost for outsourcing. This will give Yoklic an overall $20‚000 savings for 5‚000 units by purchasing externally versus manufacturing internally
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1. Understand basic control processes in decision-making‚ and develop appropriate control systems to support specific strategies 2. Identify and evaluate appropriate performance measures to properly assess performance 3. Recognise the importance and the impact of effective information systems in supporting decisions concerning evaluation and control 4. Describe the determinants of decision success and understand the decision making matrix 2 Introduction Text based sources for
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: MGE0102/ Business Decision makingAssignment Title : Using statistical techniques in the business | Summary of the learning Outcomes Covered: 1. Use a variety of sources for the collection of data‚ both primary and secondary 2. Apply a range of techniques to analyzed data for business purposes 3. Produce information in appropriate formats for decision making in organizational con text 4. Use software – generated information to make decisions at operational‚ tactical
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