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Author: DAFT, Richard L.
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Chapter 9, Problem 3DQ
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The difference between ambiguous and risky decision making.
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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.
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