Questions from General Business Management

Q: List the alternatives you considered. Were they all possible alternatives?

List the alternatives you considered. Were they all possible alternatives? Did you unconsciously (or consciously) ignore some important alternatives?

Q: How much information did you have about each alternative? Were you

How much information did you have about each alternative? Were you making the decision on the basis of complete or incomplete information?

Q: Try to remember how you reached the decision. Did you sit

Try to remember how you reached the decision. Did you sit down and consciously think through the implications of each alternative, or did you make the decision on the basis of intuition? Did you use a...

Q: In retrospect, do you think your choice of alternative was shaped

In retrospect, do you think your choice of alternative was shaped by any of the cognitive biases discussed in this chapter?

Q: Having answered the previous five questions, do you think in retrospect

Having answered the previous five questions, do you think in retrospect that you made a reasonable decision? What, if anything, might you do to improve your ability to make good decisions in the futur...

Q: What kinds of management changes need to be made to solve them

What kinds of management changes need to be made to solve them?

Q: Identify the criteria you used, either consciously or unconsciously, to

Identify the criteria you used, either consciously or unconsciously, to guide your decision making.

Q: What roles do creativity and learning from feedback play in entrepreneurial success

What roles do creativity and learning from feedback play in entrepreneurial success?

Q: To what extent are the decisions entrepreneurs make nonprogrammed decisions?

To what extent are the decisions entrepreneurs make nonprogrammed decisions?

Q: To what extent are the decisions entrepreneurs make characterized by risk and

To what extent are the decisions entrepreneurs make characterized by risk and uncertainty?