Alexandria, Brittney, Nicole, and Dolce are four managers at Polar Coat Manufacturing. Each uses a different decision-making style and believes that her style is the best. Alexandria always presents the problem to her employees,

gathers their opinions/suggestions, and then makes the decision herself. Brittney gives her employees the responsibility for making the decision within a set of specified boundary conditions. Nicole makes the decision without asking her employees for their opinions/suggestions. Dolce presents the problem to her employees and seeks consensus with an emphasis that her opinion should only count as important as every other employee's in her department.

Dolce is displaying the _____ decision-making style.

A. consultative

B. autocratic

C. delegative

D. facilitative

E. directive

D