The marketing and production teams of a manufacturing firm are debating about which goal the firm should focus on.While the former supports maximizing sales revenue,the latter supports minimizing production costs.Both teams have the information needed to facilitate the course of action they support.As a consequence of this debate,the two teams decided to form a coalition.Which of the following decision-making methods have the teams adopted?

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The teams have adopted the political method since they are forming a coalition to negotiate and compromise on their different goals, rather than using a rational or subjective approach based solely on data and analysis. The incremental method involves making small adjustments over time rather than a major decision-making event.

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