Chapter Outlines
Chapter 8:
Decision Making and Creative Problem Solving
Challenges for Decision Makers
Dealing with Complex Streams of Decisions
Coping with Uncertainty
Information-Processing Styles
Avoiding Perceptual and Behavioral
Decision Traps
Making Decisions
Making Programmed Decisions
Making Nonprogrammed Decisions
A General Decision-Making Model
Knowledge
Management: A Tool for Improving the Quality of Decisions
Group-Aided Decision Making: A Contingency Perspective
Collaborative Computing
Group Involvement in Decisions
The Problem of Dispersed Accountability
Advantages and Disadvantages of Group-Aided Decision Making
A Contingency Approach Is Necessary
Managerial Creativity
What Is Creativity?
Workplace Creativity: Myth and Modern Reality
Learning to Be More Creative
Creative Problem Solving
Identifying the Problem
Generating Alternative Solutions
Selecting a Solution
Implementing and Evaluating the Solution
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