Scenario - Barry Miller

question 178

Multiple Choice

Scenario - Barry Miller
The promotion to first line manager took place just six weeks ago for Barry Miller. He was well qualified for the promotion, but the new job still required a lot of training. One of the challenges has been to coordinate the production of his team with the needs of the sales department and with the availability of raw materials from his suppliers. Setting priorities and developing schedules to accomplish the work is a part of Barry's job that he has really enjoyed. The challenges to maintain high rapport and to build a strong team with his employees have already brought him a lot of satisfaction. In reflecting about the last six weeks, Barry concludes that he is very happy about his new job.
-With setting priorities and setting schedules, Barry was participating in the decisional role of:

• A) entrepreneur.
• B) disturbance handler.
• C) disseminator.
• D) resource allocator.
• E) monitor.

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Definitions:

Availability

The state of being easily obtainable or accessible when needed.

Anchoring

A cognitive bias that describes the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the "anchor") when making decisions.

Person Schemas

Cognitive structures that represent one's knowledge and expectations about others, influencing how we process information about them.

Fiske and Taylor

Researchers known for their work in social cognition, exploring how people think about themselves and others in a social context.