Types of Decisions
Managers must make many different types of decisions.
In general, however, most decisions fall into one of two
categories: programmed and nonprogrammed.
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Programmed decisions
are relatively structured or
recur with some frequency (or both). Starbucks uses pro-
grammed decisions to purchase new supplies of coffee
beans, cups, and napkins, and its employees are trained in exact procedures for brewing
coffee. Likewise, the Bryan Ford dealer made a decision that he will sponsor a youth soccer
team each year. Thus, when the soccer club president calls, the dealer already knows what
he will do. Many decisions regarding basic operating systems and procedures and standard
organizational transactions are of this variety and can therefore be programmed.
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