Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781305502215
Author: Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Question
Book Icon
Chapter 6, Problem 3DQ
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The difference between ambiguous and risky decision making.

Introduction:

Risky could be defined as something with full possibilities of danger, potential losses and failure. Further, ambiguous is a situation where it is open to numerous situations, this is when the situation is unclear or too vague to conclude.

When making decision based on the above to scenarios the techniques that the managers may use could be different. Since these are of two extreme situations the approaches will be different.

Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
The Value Chain, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Potential Opportunities for Business Process Reengineering This week’s assignment revisits the strategic initiative proposed in the Module 2 Critical Thinking assignment. What are the organization’s key processes? Given your strategic initiative, what processes must be done exceptionally well for the strategic initiative to succeed? Given these key processes, what metrics should be used to monitor the execution of these processes? (Key performance indicators typically include measures of customer satisfaction, internal process quality, employee satisfaction, and financial performance.) Monitoring processes and KPIs are part of the control process to achieve goals related to quality and efficiency. Policy creation also supports achieving goals and communicating expectations.  For this assignment describe the organization. Then diagram and describe the organization’s value chain. Given the strategic initiative, identify key…
This week, we learned about three seminal research studies that assess culture’s effects on management; Project GLOBE Cultural Dimensions; Hofstede’s Value Dimensions; and Trompenaars’s Value Dimensions.  For this discussion use the philipines and research Hofstede’s findings regarding the four dimensions: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and individualism.
This week’s assignment revisits the strategic initiative proposed in the Module 2 Critical Thinking assignment. What are the organization’s key processes? Given your strategic initiative, what processes must be done exceptionally well for the strategic initiative to succeed? Given these key processes, what metrics should be used to monitor the execution of these processes? (Key performance indicators typically include measures of customer satisfaction, internal process quality, employee satisfaction, and financial performance.) Monitoring processes and KPIs are part of the control process to achieve goals related to quality and efficiency. Policy creation also supports achieving goals and communicating expectations.  For this assignment describe the organization. Then diagram and describe the organization’s value chain. Given the strategic initiative, identify key performance indicators (KPIs) per critical value chain section, explain how the KPI would be measured, describe or…
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Principles of Management
Management
ISBN:9780998625768
Author:OpenStax
Publisher:OpenStax College
Text book image
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:Cengage,
Text book image
Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
Management
ISBN:9781305502215
Author:Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Management, Loose-Leaf Version
Management
ISBN:9781305969308
Author:Richard L. Daft
Publisher:South-Western College Pub