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23 March, 00:25

The Jones's only child, John, is a senior in high school. He has all "A's" and scored very well on his SATs and ACTs. He is also the president of the debate team and is in the national honor society. John wants to eventually attend a top graduate engineering school, so both he and his parents are very concerned about which undergraduate school he attends. They have spent countless hours on the Internet examining universities and they have already visited six campuses. For John and his parents, which type of decision making does this represent

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  1. 23 March, 00:29
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    The options were omitted, and they are

    Nominal decision making

    complete decision making

    limited decision making

    complex decision making

    extended decision making

    Answer: Extended decision making

    Explanation:

    Extended decisions involve products or services with very high cost and occasional purchasing and therefore require extensive research and search efforts around the unfamiliar products or services to ensure choosing the best that suits personal preferences

    For instance, in the Jones family case, searching for a university is a new activity and since the decision is not one that is constantly made, To get the best university for their son, John, Rather than just choose a any university they see they spend countless hours searching and examining different universities because they want their final choice university to be the best for their son, John.

    This process of seeking, weighing and analyzing many alternatives to make a decision on the best is known as Extended Decision making.
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