Scenario: Polar Coat Manufacturing Nicole, Alexandria, Brittney, and Dolce Are

question 50

Multiple Choice

Scenario: Polar Coat Manufacturing Nicole, Alexandria, Brittney, and Dolce are four managers at Polar Coat Manufacturing.Each in their department uses a different decision-making style and believes that their style is the best.Alexandria always presents the problem to her employees, gathers their opinions/suggestions and then makes the decision herself.Brittney gives her employees the responsibility for making the decision within a set of specified boundary conditions.Nicole makes the decision without asking her employees for their opinions/suggestions.Dolce presents the problem to her employees and seeks consensus with an emphasis that her opinion should only count as important as every other employee's in her department.Which of the following is the decision making style that Nicole is displaying?

• A)Consultative
• B)Autocratic
• C)Delegative
• D)Facilitative
• E)Negotiative

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