The Carnegie model of organizational decision making says that organizational decisions:
A) involve few managers because of the simplicity with which decisions are made.
B) use coalitions for the final choice.
C) avoid the pitfall of problemistic search.
D) uses coalitions only at lower levels of management.

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According to the Carnegie model of organizational decision making, decisions are made through a process involving coalitions, and this is used for the final choice. This means that option B is the correct choice. Option A is incorrect because the model does not suggest that decisions involve few managers, and option C is incorrect because the model does not address problemistic search. Option D is also incorrect because the model suggests that coalitions are used at all levels of management.

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