Decision Support Systems Are

question 2

Multiple Choice

Decision support systems are:

• A) computer software systems designed to help managers solve problems by showing how results vary when the manager alters assumptions or data.
• B) computations and calculations used to review and document human resources decisions and practices.
• C) systems that incorporate the decision rules used by people who are considered to have expertise in a certain area.
• D) the set of topics on which a human resource information system collects and maintains information.
• E) using equipment and information processing to perform activities that had been performed by people.

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Definitions:

Correspondent Inference

A theory in social psychology that describes the conditions under which we infer the disposition or personality traits of another person based on observed behavior.

External Attribution

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to some situation or event outside a person's control rather than to some internal characteristic.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut based on the first examples that spring to mind for someone when assessing a particular subject, idea, approach, or choice.

Mood-Congruent Memory

The propensity to recall memories that are consistent with one's current mood, influencing and reinforcing the emotional state.