Simon (1955) argues that the classical theory requires the decision maker to be

able to completely order all of the potential outcomes from "best" to "worse." In

practice, this is impossible or nearly so, when which of the following conditions

exists:

a. The values do not have a common denominator such as in the case where

a job is evaluated based on salary, location, prestige, etc.

b. When group decision-making involves inconsistent preference functions

across members of the group

c. When the alternatives considered do not map simply onto one

consequence but instead map onto a set or vector of consequences

d. All of the above