Decision Making 101
Pros and Cons of Decision Making team: Taylor, Ghosh, SPACENET’s functional directors (3 – Felicity Sosland, Hassan Nuri, Janis Dobbs), with the exception of the Director of Manufacturing (Chen Lee)
Most of the directors lived with their families in Scotts Valley and had long-standing connections with McDonnell Douglas and other aerospace contactors
Lee had been hired from outside the industry
Pros
Composition:
Diversity of Skills/Functions – Felicity was director of research; Hassan Nuri was Dir. Of System Integration; Janis Dobbs was Dir of Logistics. Taylor was Program Manager; Nilasha Ghosh was Asst. Technical Manager
Network Connections
Access to private information – Ghosh and the rest of the team had access to private information as a result of being part of Taylor’s network.
Processes for exchanging information and dividing labor. How did this affect the quality of the workforce reduction decisions?
Sosland pointed out that Min Kang had been at the company longer than any of them as both engineer and manager (diversity of thought), and might have valuable viewpoints to share with the team
Cons
Composition:
Network Connections:
Processes for exchanging information and dividing labor:
Pros and Cons of Decision Making team: Taylor, Ghosh, SPACENET’s functional directors (3 – Felicity Sosland, Hassan Nuri, Janis Dobbs), with the exception of the Director of Manufacturing (Chen Lee)
Most of the directors lived with their families in Scotts Valley and had long-standing connections with McDonnell Douglas and other aerospace contactors
Lee had been hired from outside the industry
Pros
Composition:
Diversity of Skills/Functions – Felicity was director of research; Hassan Nuri was Dir. Of System Integration; Janis Dobbs was Dir of Logistics. Taylor was Program Manager; Nilasha Ghosh was Asst. Technical Manager
Network Connections
Access to private information – Ghosh and the rest of the team had access to private information as a result
Most of the directors lived with their families in Scotts Valley and had long-standing connections with McDonnell Douglas and other aerospace contactors
Lee had been hired from outside the industry
Pros
Composition:
Diversity of Skills/Functions – Felicity was director of research; Hassan Nuri was Dir. Of System Integration; Janis Dobbs was Dir of Logistics. Taylor was Program Manager; Nilasha Ghosh was Asst. Technical Manager
Network Connections
Access to private information – Ghosh and the rest of the team had access to private information as a result of being part of Taylor’s network.
Processes for exchanging information and dividing labor. How did this affect the quality of the workforce reduction decisions?
Sosland pointed out that Min Kang had been at the company longer than any of them as both engineer and manager (diversity of thought), and might have valuable viewpoints to share with the team
Cons
Composition:
Network Connections:
Processes for exchanging information and dividing labor:
Pros and Cons of Decision Making team: Taylor, Ghosh, SPACENET’s functional directors (3 – Felicity Sosland, Hassan Nuri, Janis Dobbs), with the exception of the Director of Manufacturing (Chen Lee)
Most of the directors lived with their families in Scotts Valley and had long-standing connections with McDonnell Douglas and other aerospace contactors
Lee had been hired from outside the industry
Pros
Composition:
Diversity of Skills/Functions – Felicity was director of research; Hassan Nuri was Dir. Of System Integration; Janis Dobbs was Dir of Logistics. Taylor was Program Manager; Nilasha Ghosh was Asst. Technical Manager
Network Connections
Access to private information – Ghosh and the rest of the team had access to private information as a result