Think about how managers can use innovative techniques to improve their decisions and complete the following sentences with the appropriate terms.

When managers engage in rigorous debate to solve a problem, one technique they might use is to

to ensure the

group's assumptions are challenged. Another is

$\_,$ in which the group breaks into two subgroups that work separately and

then exchange proposals.

The tendency for decision makers to conform rather than express contrary opinions is

$.$When this occurs, managers

prioritize

over the quality of the decision.

Use your knowledge of evidence$-$based decision making to answer the following question.

Which of the following statements is consistent with evidence$-$based decision making? Check all that apply.

Evidence$-$based decision making uses opinions and intuition to provide a rationale for decisions.

Managers make better decisions when they review their past failures and successes.

It is better to forget past mistakes so you don't make them again.

Evidence$-$based decision making encourages questioning assumptions.