Managerial decisions generally fall into two categories: programmed and nonprogrammed.

The following table provides several examples of decisions. Identify each as either a programmed decision or a nonprogrammed decision.

Example

Programmed Decision

Nonprogrammed Decision

For the past $5$ years, you and your best friend have gone for pizza at the same restaurant every Friday night. You just received a text message saying your friend is running late and to go ahead and order the pizza. Without fail, you always get a medium pizza, half with everything on it and half vegetarian, so that is what you tell the waiter. Your decision about what to order is a:

Univision Communications Inc., a Spanish$-$language entertainment giant, hired Jessica Rodriquez as its chief marketing officer and president of entertainment. The decision executives at Univision made about whom to pick for this position is a:

An accounting firm is deciding whether to renew the lease at its current building or relocate to one several blocks away. This requires considering whether the current prestigious address is worth paying higher rent, the inconvenience and expense of moving the office, and a variety of other factors. This is a:

Timothy arranges for new employees to have computer and phone access set up before their first day on the job. Timothy tells the IT department what access to give the new employee according to strict rules based on the person$$s job title. Timothy$$s arrangements for a new employee who begins next week are a:

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

Imagine that your friend Molly has lived all her life in Yuma, Arizona, and has never traveled far from her hometown, but has applied to colleges in Idaho, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Florida. Despite her $,$ Molly thought moving to a previously unexplored city might be interesting.

By not recognizing her $,$ Molly repeatedly took her $8-$year$-$old laptop for repairs, even though the repair costs were greater than the price of a brand$-$new, faster laptop with much more memory.