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CH 20 - 21 Decision Making
CH 20 - 21 Decision Making
• Decision Making
Antony Andrew,
Senior Lecturer in Management
Introduction
Types of decision
1. Programmed decision
2. Non-programmed decision
Programmed decision
Programmed decision is one that is fairly structured and/or
recurs with some frequency. Programmed decisions do not
necessarily remain confined to simple issues, such as
vacation policies or similar such things; they are also used
to deal with very complex issues, such as the types of tests
that a doctor needs to conduct before performing major
surgery on a patient with diabetes.
1. programmed decisions, these are decisions that
occur frequently enough that we develop an
automated response to them.