Lesson 7: Output and Decision Making

• Output is the effectiveness of the system.
• Actual Output vs. Anticipated Output
• The more consistent the outputs are with the anticipated outtputs, the more effective the management system is.
• Exceed Expectations promotes Growth
• Lower than the expected output is Costly.
• The higher the input cost, the higher the expected, output
• Decision -Making is an intergral part in the management process. It is also theprocess in which we choose among the alternatives.
• Rational Decision-Making involves evaluating alternatives and making the best possible choice.
• What are the 3 decision characteristics?

  Quality, Flexibility, Clarity
• Types of Decision Making Process: This is where the family reaches an agreement by accepting the point of view of the dominant person and in which power is a critical factor in this type of decision-making?

  Accommodation
• Types of Decision Making Process: The family reaches a mutual arangement equally acceptable to all individuals involved?

  Consensual
• Types of Decision Making Process: Lack of Dissent?

  De Facto
• Types of Decision Making Process: Decisions are shared. Type of Decision Making done usually by couples?

  Syncratic
• Types of Decision Making Process: Equal number of separate decisions?

  Autonomic
• Decision Characteristic: The decision should met the standards, Goals, and Objective ?

  Quality
• Decision Characteristics: The decision is appropriate for the situation and adjustable if the situation changes?

  Flexibility
• Decision Characteristics: The details have been identified?

  Clarity
• What are the two factors that affects the decision making?

  Self-doubt and Self-ambivalence
• Self-doubt impairs one's ability to make descisions.
• Self-Ambivalence refers to the uncertainty or indecisiveness as to what course to follow
• This is model shows the the central-decision offshoots and more suited for larger and more complicated situations?

  Central Satellite Model
• In this model, decision is built upon a previous decision, forming a sequence of decisions and appropriate for smaller and systematic decisions ?

  Chain Model
• This model shows that people select alternatives based on their goals, values, perceptions of available resources?

  Decision Tree Model