Sunrise Health Systems has hired a consultant to help with organizational decision making. The consultant's first meeting is set up to explain to the managers of Sunrise Health Systems various models of organizational decision processes. Each of the managers seems to prefer one of the models over the others. The president of the company tells his team that he has made an observation that the managers do not agree on goals or what actions should be taken. This situation best relates to
A)bounded rationality.
B)the incremental model.
C)the garbage can model.
D)the coalition model.
E)the crisis model.

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The situation described is a common problem in the garbage can model, which is characterized by ambiguity and uncertainty in decision making due to lack of clear goals and preferences among stakeholders. In this model, decisions are made through a chaotic process where problems and solutions are mixed without a clear order, and choices are made based on chance encounters and power struggles among participants. The president's observation that the managers do not agree on goals or actions is consistent with the garbage can model, as it suggests that decision making is not based on rational analysis or logical processes, but rather on reactive and ad hoc responses to pressing issues.

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