Paragon Company Alvin, the production manager at the Paragon Company, wants to select the best supplier of raw materials from among several vendors.He has several choices and has done research into which company provides the best services and products.One company is known to be extremely timely, another is much lower in price but often late in deliveries, and the third is well-known to provide the highest quality products available.According to the rational choice decision making process, the first step in solving this problem would be:
A)Choosing the best decision process.
B)Evaluating the decision inputs.
C)Researching the problem.
D)Identifying the problem or opportunity.
E)All of these should occur simultaneously.

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The first step in the Rational Choice Decision-Making process is to identify the problem or recognize an opportunity.A problem is a deviation between the current and the desired situation-the gap between "what is" and "what ought to be."

Paragon Company Alvin, the Production Manager at the Paragon Company