Before completing this assignment, watch the following video:

https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice

1. What is the difference between a programmed and non-programmed decision? Provide an example of each type of decision that you've had to make this week.

2. Review the decision-making biases from the class video and textbook. Which decision-making trap do you think YOU are most likely to fall into? Why?

3. In what ways has your decision-making changed as a result of the pandemic? Have your likelihood of making programmed vs. nonprogrammed decisions changed? Do you fall into different decision-making traps now?

4. According to the Paradox of Choice video, what is one reason why having too many choices can be problematic? What is a decision you made recently in which you had too many choices? How did you react?

5. As a manager, what is one way that you would help your employees make better decisions? As a manager, how can knowing about the decision-making traps help YOU make better decisions?