The Garbage Can Model of decision making states that managers often don’t know what they want until they have some idea of what they can get.

The vice president of marketing at Company XYZ wants his employees to learn and utilize a new type of software that will facilitate virtual teaming. Although the employees in the marketing department work in project teams, they have never had any difficulty getting their work done by meeting in the traditional face-to-face manner. Why does this illustrate the Garbage Can Model of decision-making?

Allison working in the Production Department. She has data from her team indicating that they will need to produce 30,000 units during the next quarter. The data is trustworthy, but “just to be on the safe side” Allison decides to make 35,000 units. Allison has fallen victim to which trap?

Patrick wants to determine if Nicole’s dog will have a probability of having white puppies. Her dog is all black but both of his parents are all white fur. On the other hand, the female dog and her parents are also all black. What is the probability that the litter will have white puppies?

  Ellen is a store manager for Toys R Us. Her district manager is concerned because it appears Ellen has difficulty making decisions. According to her direct reports she is often indecisive and over analyzes even simple decisions. Which of the following might be an effective strategy to improve her decision making?

What could be an explanation if Juanito crosses one white flower with a red flower but all the offspring are pink flowers?

Jason is an executive at Jiffy Lube. He has a Toyota Tundra in the shop that is losing oil. He cannot find the leak and all of his “data” suggests that the truck must be burning the oil. However, in his gut he feels like this is not the problem. Given his status within the organization what type of decision making approach is he most likely to use?

If two parents, one with the genotype  IAi for blood type A and the other with the genotype IBi for blood type B, have a child, what is the probability that the child will have Blood Type O? Write your answer as a decimal. (Assume both parents are homozygous dominant for the H locus, i.e. no Bombay effect)

A daughter can inherit X-linked recessive disorder when father is affected and mother is a carrier

Decisions regarding whether to invest in a new technology or enter a new market are which types of decisions?