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Organizational Behavior- Ch8
chapt 8
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Business
Undergraduate 3
04/07/2010

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bounded rationality
Definition
Processing limited and imperfect information and satisficing rather than maximizing when choosing among alternatives.
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creativity
Definition
The capacity to develop an original product, service, or idea that makes a socially recognized contribution.
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decision making
Definition
A conscious process of making choices among one or more alternatives with the intention of moving toward some desired state of affairs.
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divergent thinking
Definition
Involves reframing a problem in a unique way and generating different approaches to the issue.
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employee involvement
Definition
The degree to which employees share how their work is organized and carried out.
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escalation of commitment
Definition
The tendency to repeat an apparently bad decision or allocate more resources to a failing course of action.
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implicit favorite
Definition
The decision maker’s preferred alternative against which all other choices are judged.
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intuition
Definition
The ability to know when a problem or opportunity exists and select the best course of action without conscious reasoning.
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post-decisional justification
Definition
Justifying choices by unconsciously inflating the quality of the selected option and deflating the quality of the discarded options.
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prospect theory
Definition
An effect in which losing a particular amount is more disliked than gaining the same amount.
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rational choice paradigm
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A deeply held view that people should and can make decisions based on pure logic and with all information.
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satisficing
Definition
Selecting a solution that is satisfactory, or “good enough” rather than optimal or “the best.”
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scenario planning
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A systematic process of thinking about alternative futures, and what the organization should do to anticipate and react to those environments.
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