SCENARIO 9-2 You Know That the Decision on Which New Product to Product

question 28

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 9-2
You know that the decision on which new product to produce must have widespread acceptance and be of the highest quality.Having reviewed the literature,you decide that this decision needs to be made by a group of your best managers.

-Referring to SCENARIO 9-2,if you wanted managers to meet face to face and pool their judgments in a systematic but individual manner,which type of group decision-making technique would you use?

• A)interacting groups
• B)brainstorming
• C)nominal groups
• D)electronic meetings
• E)task groups

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