Dmitri is in charge of landscape management at Play & Putt, a local golf course. Last year he put in a new type of lawn, Montague's Gold. Unfortunately, gold seems to be the operative word for the lawn this year, which is brown. Dmitri decides to wait another year and buy special fertilizers and growth supplements to see if he can get the lawn to turn green before ripping it out and starting over. Right now, Dmitri is engaged in which of the following activities? Gathering information about alternatives

Creating a heuristic

Escalation of commitment

Making a programmed decision