Henry Mintzberg and Frances Westley’s article (‘Decision-making: It’s not what you think’, 2001, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 2.4) is famous for its critical analysis of the following perspective:
Creative reasoning perspective
Logic reasoning perspective
Generative reasoning perspective
Rational reasoning perspective.
Mintzberg and Westley (in ‘Decision-making: It’s not what you think’, 2001, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 2.4) argue that the rational approach works best for the following category of problems:
Tame problems
Wicked problems
Intertwined problems
Doing problems.
Mintzberg and Westley (in ‘Decision-making: It’s not what you think’, 2001, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 2.4) summarize the strengths and weaknesses of starting the strategic reasoning process at different points. Which of the following starting points do they NOT mention?
Thinking first
Assessing first
Seeing first
Doing first.
According to Mintzberg and Westley (in ‘Decision-making: It’s not what you think’, 2001, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 2.4), which type of decision-making is characterized by the following characteristics: science, planning, facts?
Thinking first
Assessing first
Seeing first
Doing first.
According to Mintzberg and Westley (in ‘Decision-making: It’s not what you think’, 2001, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 2.4), which type of decision-making is characterized by the following characteristics: craft, venturing, experiences?
Thinking first
Assessing first
Seeing first.
Doing first.
With respect to the article of Mintzberg and Westley (‘Decision-making: It’s not what you think’, 2001, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 2.4), judge whether the following statements are correct or false:
I Seeing first suits best an environment where a new product must be developed. II Doing first suits best an environment where a firm faces a disruptive technology.