Question

A manager who must implement a loyalty program across 500 hotels would be placed in which category for managerial decision-making challenges?

A. Managers must apply sophisticated analysis techniques, such as Porter's strategies or forecasting, to make strategic decisions.B. Managers must make decisions quickly.C. Managers need to analyze large amounts of information.D. All of these.

Answer 1

The right answer is option (A).

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the scenario, the most appropriate answer is option (A) because to implement any program across 500 hotels, the manager should analyze and use strategies to make any decision i.e porter's strategies because it gives strategies about cost management, differentiating in products or services, etc.

• Option (B) is wrong because the manager should take a decision after analyzing strategies and not in a hurry.

• Option (C) also not that appropriate because only analyzing the information is not sufficient to implement any program.

• Option (D) is wrong because it shows all the above but only option (A) is correct.

Answer 2

ANSWER: The correct answer to the following question will be Option D (ALL OF THESE).

Explanation:

1. Porter's analysis helps managers to know and understand the forces that control competition within an industry. Using these methods managers adjust their strategy for a particular environment.

2. A manager wants to apply this on a large scale so she or he should take quick decisions.

3.Managers have to collect a large amount of data because he or she has to analyze more and more decision-making techniques.