Vaughn Bately
Vaughn Bately manages a group of eight electrical engineers at Defiance Designs. His team is highly trained and well respected by experts both inside and outside the company. Recently, one of Vaughn's engineers suggested a new technique for the development and use of an argon laser. There appeared to be rich potential for this technology, but Vaughn wasn't certain that developing this technology was the best use of his limited resources. Vaughn was facing a significant decision.
-If Vaughn uses the classical model of decision making, which of the following assumptions would he reject?
A) The decision maker is rational and uses logic to assign values, order preferences, evaluate alternatives, and make the decision that will maximize the attainment of organizational goals.
B) The decision maker selects the alternative that will maximize the economic return to the organization.
C) The decision maker strives for conditions of certainty and tries to gather complete information.
D) Problems are precisely formulated and defined.
E) Managers are likely to have a variety of goals and objectives.

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The classical model of decision making assumes that managers have a single, clear set of goals and objectives, which they seek to maximize. It does not account for the possibility of managers having a variety of goals and objectives, which is why option E would be rejected under this model.

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