Application of Decision Making: a Contingency Approach

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Application of Decision Making: A Contingency Approach
It seems that all Dave accomplishes is making decisions. Every time he turns around, someone wants him to decide on one more thing. Just today the secretary came in and asked if she could reorder paper for the fax machine. Somehow that seemed like a decision he really did not need to deal with. If he could avoid those types of decisions, then when the foreman came in with the news of a major piece of equipment that needs repair, in which the repair bill will be almost as much as a new machine, Dave could focus more time and attention on the more complicated issues.
-Dave relies on rules of thumb or past experience to make decisions. Based on this tendency, he will most likely

• A)seek a creative solution.
• B)select the first solution that works.
• C)conduct extensive to find the best alternative solution.
• D)none of the above

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Definitions:

Basic Anxiety

Anxiety created when a child is born into the bigger and more powerful world of older children and adults.

Personality Disturbances

Disruptions or dysfunctions in an individual's personality traits that significantly impede their social or occupational functioning.

Collective Unconscious

A concept in psychology proposed by Carl Jung, referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is inherited and common to all members of a species.

Freud's Unconscious

A key concept in Freudian psychology, referring to the part of the mind that contains desires, impulses, and memories of which individuals are not consciously aware.