Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET December 2014 Political Science
Which one of the following is not a stage of the decision-making process given by Herbert Simon?
AIntelligence activity
BSpeculative activity ✓ Correct
CChoice activity
DDesign activity
Correct answer: (B) Speculative activity — Speculative activity is not a stage of Simon's model, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Speculative activity is not a stage of Simon's model, so that is the answer.
★Herbert Simon described decision-making in three stages in 'Administrative Behavior' (1947).
★The intelligence stage identifies the problem and gathers information about it.
★The design stage invents, develops and analyses possible courses of action.
★The choice stage evaluates the alternatives and selects the most suitable one.
★Speculative activity does not appear in this sequence and is not a Simon stage.
★Hence the speculative option is the one that does not belong.
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