Management Problems and Decisions Quiz

Management Problems and Decisions

• Planning: Focuses on long-term organizational objectives, strategies to achieve them, short-term objectives, and appropriate difficulty levels for individual goals.

Leading

• Motivational Issues: Addresses methods for handling low employee motivation.
• Effective Leadership: Examines choosing the best leadership style for specific situations.
• Change Impacts: Analyzes how changes affect worker productivity.
• Conflict Stimulation: Identifies when initiating conflict is beneficial.

Organizing

• Span of Control: Determines the optimal number of employees reporting to a manager.
• Centralization: Evaluates the appropriate degree of centralization in an organization.
• Job Design: Explores optimal methods for designing jobs.
• Structural Changes: Analyzes when a change in organizational structure is necessary.

Controlling

• Controllable Activities: Identifies activities within an organization needing monitoring.
• Control Methods: Explores suitable methods for monitoring those activities.
• Significant Deviations: Defines when performance deviations merit attention.
• Management Information Systems: Evaluates the needed type of management information system.

Types of Problems and Decisions

Structured Problems

• Clear Goals: Goals are well-defined.
• Previous Occurrence: Problems are familiar and have been encountered before.
• Complete Information: All necessary information is available and complete.
• Programmed Decisions: Repetitive decisions solvable with routine approaches.
  • Types: Rules, policies, procedures
  • Examples: Inventory control, employee scheduling, maintenance tasks, payroll processing

Unstructured Problems

• New/Unusual: Problems are novel and unique.
• Ambiguous Information: Information is unclear or incomplete.
• Custom Solutions: Require tailor-made solutions.
• Nonprogrammed Decisions: Unique, non-repeating decisions.
• Examples: Entering new markets, crisis response, mergers and acquisitions