Alexis manages a clothing store in the mall. They were understaffed, and she thought she would have to work all day and help close the store that evening until a young man came in for an application around noon. Alexis told him he could have the job if he could come back at 4 p.m. to begin work. Here, Alexis was engaged in
A. relaxed avoidance.
B. confirmation bias.
C. satisficing.
D. heuristics.
E. analytics.
C. satisficing.
Because of constraints (here, a time constraint), managers don't make an exhaustive search for the best alternative. Instead, they follow the satisficing model in which managers seek alternatives until they find one that is satisfactory, not optimal.
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