Below are given some points.
1. It is automatic and uniform given identical situations.
2. It can be assigned to clerical or routine managerial levels.
3. The more of an organisation's decision-making areas are programmed, the more it leaves the senior management free to concentrate on larger decision areas.
4. It helps the communication process as everybody seems to know the outcome of a certain set of conditions or situation.
5. It minimises eroticism or the subjective element in management decision.
These all are the qualities of

A. a programmed decision

B. an unprogrammed decision

C. a top-level management

D. a middle-level management

Answer: Option D