EBK UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT
EBK UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781337918770
Author: MARCIC
Publisher: VST
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Chapter 6, Problem 4DQ
Summary Introduction

To Determine:

Which decisions that I took were programmed and non-programmed and which of the decisions were approached based on political, rational and administrative forms.

Introduction:

Programmed decisions- lower level managers make programmed decisions which are usually related to structured problems.

Non-programmed decisions- used for unique and ill structured situations of organizations, both internal and external.

Rational model- this is the classical approach in decision making, this is when objectives are clear, problems are clear, people agree on criteria and weights, they are not biased in recognizing problems.

Administrative model-Decision-making involve the success. To reach the goals, rationality requires the understanding of alternative courses of action. The individual should also have full info and the skill to analyze properly different alternative actions as per goals sought. The desire should be to select the best solution by selecting the alternative which may satisfy the goal success.

Political model- these are decisions based on power, in any historical situation they would be those decisions whose result is a modification of the previously existing power situation.

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