. Decision making: Administrative and political models (Connect, Perform) Use your understanding of decision-making models to complete the following sentences. When a manager uses a blend of analytical thought and intuition, the manager is said to be using . When the administrative and political models of decision making are said to be descriptive, this means: The model defines how people should ideally make decisions The model is most useful for programmed decisions The model is best suited for highly certain conditions The model defines how people actually make decisions, under less than ideal conditions

If a company’s employees are angry about their work, a visiting auditor may also become agitated, illustrating the power of

Dr. dow jones wants to know whether a problem-based approach to teaching economics will result in higher academic performance than his traditional method. of the six sections of economics 101 at his university, dr. jones randomly assigns three sections to the traditional method and three sections to the problem-based method for unit 1 of the course. then all sections switch the instructional method for unit 2. he plans to compare the performance of the two groups of sections on their unit 1 and unit 2 exams. this study employs a design.

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production