Scenario D: Sunrise Health Systems has hired a consultant to help with organizational decision making.The consultant's first meeting is set up to explain to the managers of Sunrise Health Systems various models of organizational decision processes.Each of the managers seems to prefer one of the models over the others.
-The vice president of production declares that her people disagree on goals and have now formed groups to advocate for their own interests.Her managers are using
A)bounded rationality.
B)the incremental model.
C)the garbage can model.
D)the coalition model.
E)the crisis model.

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The vice president of production's situation, where managers are advocating for their own interests, is an example of the coalition model. In this model, individuals or groups form coalitions based on shared interests and viewpoints, and compete with other coalitions for resources and power.

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