The executive management team of Regional Health Center has to determine whether the organization should expand to include more advanced (and substantially costlier)treatments and technologies. This is an example of a nonprogrammed decision, because the underlying problem
A)is frequent, repetitive, and routine.
B)is novel and unstructured.
C)is trivial.
D)has a predetermined outcome.
E)is risk-free.

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The fact that the decision concerns the adoption of advanced and costlier treatments and technologies suggests that it is not routine or repetitive. Additionally, since this is a decision regarding an unknown territory, it is unstructured. Therefore, it is a nonprogrammed decision.

The Executive Management Team of Regional Health Center Has to Determine