Operations Management and Decision Theory: A Comprehensive Analysis
Study of operational decision-making frameworks and their practical applications
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Operations Management and Decision Theory: A Comprehensive
Analysis
1. In the growth stage of a product’s life cycle, a typical operations strategy
would be:
a. Increasing capacity.
b. Short production runs.
c. Cost minimization.
d. Increases in process stability.
2. Which statement is true?
a. The mission statement precedes analysis of external and
internal factors.
b. Market segments are selected prior to development of the
mission statement.
c. Functional strategy is formulated prior to corporate strategy.
d. The marketing functional strategy dictates the products and
services that the firm will offer.
3. Product innovation rates are a(an):
a. A goal-based measure.
b. A corporate goal.
c. A productivity measure.
d. An external factor.
4. In decision theory, the three states of nature are:
a. Local, regional, and national.
b. Low, medium, and high
c. Short-term, mid-term, and long-term.
d. Certainty, uncertainty, and risk.
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5. Simple or single-stage decision making models are characterized by:
a. Event nodes.
b. Decision nodes.
c. Decision arrows.
d. Conditional payoff tables or matrices.
e. Decision “chains”.
Analysis
1. In the growth stage of a product’s life cycle, a typical operations strategy
would be:
a. Increasing capacity.
b. Short production runs.
c. Cost minimization.
d. Increases in process stability.
2. Which statement is true?
a. The mission statement precedes analysis of external and
internal factors.
b. Market segments are selected prior to development of the
mission statement.
c. Functional strategy is formulated prior to corporate strategy.
d. The marketing functional strategy dictates the products and
services that the firm will offer.
3. Product innovation rates are a(an):
a. A goal-based measure.
b. A corporate goal.
c. A productivity measure.
d. An external factor.
4. In decision theory, the three states of nature are:
a. Local, regional, and national.
b. Low, medium, and high
c. Short-term, mid-term, and long-term.
d. Certainty, uncertainty, and risk.
-2-
5. Simple or single-stage decision making models are characterized by:
a. Event nodes.
b. Decision nodes.
c. Decision arrows.
d. Conditional payoff tables or matrices.
e. Decision “chains”.
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