A manager of a charity asks the board of directors for permission to hire temporary help when the regular secretary goes on vacation. This is an example of which type of decision?
A) Programmed
B) Groupthink
C) Nonprogrammed
D) Intuition

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Programmed decision making is a routine, virtually automatic process. Programmed decisions are decisions that have been made so many times in the past that managers have developed rules or guidelines to be applied when certain situations inevitably occur. This is a programmed decision because a rule has been established to be applied when a certain situation occurs.

A Manager of a Charity Asks the Board of Directors