Vaughn Bately Vaughn Bately Manages a Group of Eight Electrical Engineers at Engineers

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Vaughn Bately
Vaughn Bately manages a group of eight electrical engineers at Defiance Designs. His team is highly trained and well respected by experts both inside and outside the company. Recently, one of Vaughn's engineers suggested a new technique for the development and use of an argon laser. There appeared to be rich potential for this technology, but Vaughn wasn't certain that developing this technology was the best use of his limited resources. Vaughn was facing a significant decision.
-If Vaughn uses the administrative model of decision making, which of these assumptions would he reject?

• A) Most managers settle for a satisficing rather than maximizing solution.
• B) Managers' searches for alternatives are limited because of human, information, and resource constraints.
• C) Rational procedures will normally lead to the best solution in a complex organization.
• D) Decision goals often are vague, conflicting, and lack consensus among managers.
• E) Managers often are unaware of problems or opportunities that exist in the organization.

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

Refers to events that cannot occur at the same time in probability theory; the occurrence of one event means the other cannot happen.

P(A ∪ B)

The probability that at least one of two events A or B occurs.

Independent Events

Two or more events whose outcomes do not affect each other.

P(A ∪ B)

Represents the probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events A or B.