$1.$ Why is decision making often described as the essence of a manager$$s job?

$2.$ Describe the eight steps in the decision$-$making process $($Identify a problem, identifying decision criteria, allocating weights to the criteria, developing alternatives, analyzing alternatives, selecting an alternative, implementing the alternatives, and evaluating decision effectiveness$).$

$3.$ Compare and contrast the five ways managers make decisions $($rationality$,$ bounded rationality, intuition, evidence$-$based management, and crowdsourcing$).$

$4.$ Explain the two types of problems and decisions $($structured problems and programmed decisions$)$ and $($unstructured problems and nonprogrammed decisions$).$ Contrast the four decision$-$making styles $($analytic$,$ conceptual, directive, and behavioral$).$