Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 83 views

    Rational Decision Making Procesexercise

    Uploaded by

    Marielle Allou
    Amanda, a sales manager, needs to purchase new laptops for her sales representatives. She identifies seven potential laptop models. She determines the key criteria are: memory and storage, battery life, carrying weight, warranty, and display quality. She assigns weights to each criterion and rates the seven laptops based on the criteria. She then computes a total score for each laptop by multiplying its rating by the criterion weight and summing the scores to determine the optimal choice is the Dell Inspiron.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Rational Decision Making Procesexercise

    Uploaded by

    Marielle Allou
    83 views1 page
    Amanda, a sales manager, needs to purchase new laptops for her sales representatives. She identifies seven potential laptop models. She determines the key criteria are: memory and storage, battery life, carrying weight, warranty, and display quality. She assigns weights to each criterion and rates the seven laptops based on the criteria. She then computes a total score for each laptop by multiplying its rating by the criterion weight and summing the scores to determine the optimal choice is the Dell Inspiron.

    Original Title

    Rational decision making procesExercise

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Amanda, a sales manager, needs to purchase new laptops for her sales representatives. She identifies seven potential laptop models. She determines the key criteria are: memory and storage, battery life, carrying weight, warranty, and display quality. She assigns weights to each criterion and rates the seven laptops based on the criteria. She then computes a total score for each laptop by multiplying its rating by the criterion weight and summing the scores to determine the optimal choice is the Dell Inspiron.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    83 views1 page

    Rational Decision Making Procesexercise

    Uploaded by

    Marielle Allou
    Amanda, a sales manager, needs to purchase new laptops for her sales representatives. She identifies seven potential laptop models. She determines the key criteria are: memory and storage, battery life, carrying weight, warranty, and display quality. She assigns weights to each criterion and rates the seven laptops based on the criteria. She then computes a total score for each laptop by multiplying its rating by the criterion weight and summing the scores to determine the optimal choice is the Dell Inspiron.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 1

    MGS 4301 Managerial Decision Making SUMMER 2020

    RATIONAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS SAMPLE EXERCISE

    What is a problem? A problem is a discrepancy between an existing and a desired condition.

    Step 1: Identify the problem


    Amanda is a sales manager whose sales representatives need new laptops because their old ones are outdated and
    inadequate for doing their job.
    The problem: The disparity between the current computers (current condition) and their need to have more efficient
    ones (desired condition).

    Step 2: Identify the decision criteria


    Amanda decides after careful consideration that memory and storage capabilities, display quality, battery life, warranty,
    and carrying weight are relevant criteria in her decision.

    Step 3 Allocate weights to the criteria

    Memory and Storage 10


    Battery Life 8
    Carrying weight 6
    Warranty 4
    Display quality 3

    Step 4: Develop alternatives


    Our sales manager, Amanda, identifies seven laptops as possible choices.

    Step 5: Rate each alternative


    Memory and Carrying Display
    Battery Life Warranty
    storage weight Quality
    HP ProBook 10 3 10 8 5
    Lenovo IdeaPad 8 5 7 10 10
    Apple MacBook 8 7 7 8 7
    Toshiba Satellite 7 8 7 8 7
    Apple Mac
    8 3 6 10 8
    BookAir
    Dell Inspiron 10 7 8 6 7
    HP Pavilion 4 10 4 8 10

    Step 6: Compute the optimal decision *

    Memory and Carrying Display Total


    Battery Life Warranty
    storage weight Quality
    HP ProBook 100 24* 60 32 15 231
    Lenovo IdeaPad 80 40 42 40 30 232
    Apple MacBook 80 56 42 32 21 231
    Toshiba Satellite 70 64 42 32 21 229
    Apple Mac 204
    80 24 36 40 24
    BookAir
    Dell Inspiron 100 56 48 24 21 249
    HP Pavilion 40 80 24 32 30 206
    *. For example, HP ProBook Battery life, is computed as follows weight (8)* Rate(3)= 24

    International University of Grand-Bassam

    You might also like