CHAPTER 12 Decision Making‚ Creativity‚ and Ethics Nike’s decision to manufacture shoes overseas has prompted critics to claim that it exploits workers in poor countries. Did Nike make a rational decision‚ and is the decision socially responsible? 1 Is there a right way to make decisions? 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 How do people actually make decisions? How can knowledge management improve decision making? What factors affect group decision making? Should the leader make the decision‚ or encourage
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Short-Run Decision Making Short-run decision consists of choosing among alternatives with an immediate or limited end in view. Accepting a special order for less than the normal selling price to utilize idle capacity and to increase this year’s profits is an example. Thus‚ some decisions tend to be short run in nature and sometimes are referred to as tactical decisions; however‚ it should be emphasized that short-run decisions often have long-run consequences. Consider a second example. Suppose
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Methods of Group Decision Making No two groups will ever function in the same way while involved in the process of decision making. Some are proactive groups while there are other groups‚ which need a driving force or a facilitator to facilitate the process. There are several methods of group decision-making. Here are some of the common methods employed in the process of decision-making: Authoritarian Style The authoritarian style is like a dictatorship‚ in which the decision ultimately rests
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|Unit Name and Number |Decision Making for Construction Professionals‚ 200485 | |Tutorial Group |Cell 8 | |Tutorial Day and Time |Consultations Wednesday 3:30 | |Lecturer/Tutor
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02971588 1 Decision making essay Decision making is important to nurses in today ’s society‚ ( Thompson et al 2002) as a number of policy and professional imperatives mean that nurses have to worry about the decisions they make and the way in which they make them. The government has produced several policy initiatives (DOH 1989‚ 1993a‚ 1993b 1913c‚1994‚ 1995‚ 1996a‚ 1996b‚1997‚ 2000‚ 2000) which have led to the creation of an evidence based health care culture ( Mulhall & Le May 1999). Thompson
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ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING REPORT 1 Ethical Decision-making Report Cassandra S. Parker Western Governors University ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING REPORT 2 Ethical Decision-making Report B.1. Ethical decision-making strategies In order to ensure that ethical decision-making takes place at all levels within Cascadia Toyco‚ I am suggesting that the company implement the following two strategies: (1) establish a business code of ethics‚ and (2) adopt both formal and informal decision-making processes
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abilities to solve problems and make decisions is recognized as an important issue in education‚ industry‚ and government. Recent research has identified a prescriptive model of problem solving‚ although there is less agreement as to appropriate techniques. Separate research on personality and cognitive styles has identified important individual differences in how people approach and solve problems and make decisions. This paper relates a model of the problem-solving process to Jung’s theory of personality
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Ibsen wrote the play ’A Doll’s House’ in the late 1800’s when women’s rights was a very controversial subject and the male dominated society was not yet ready to acknowledge women as equal counterparts.The antagonist of the play‚’Nora’ abandoned her husband and children without so much as a second thought.The literal sound of it may make one think it was selfish of her but if one reads between the lines one realizes that her decision was the outcome of years of built up frustration because of being
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challenging to decide upon the conflict that arises because of intuition and logic. I believe a good and influential leader is one who can firmly decide upon the conflict between intuition and logic and takes decisions in interest of oneself and the group of people he is leading. The decision may also be influenced by the values and behavior of particular leader. There should be a sense of balance between two calls which has to be looked upon with all perspective. I was in same dilemma as Jamie when
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Based on the situation I encountered during my clinical‚ decision making in clinical settings is a judgment to be made on the patient care and as nurses‚ our judgment on patient care must be professional. We also need to be aware of the possibilities of our actions and decision. Clinical decision making does not only rely on the individual‚ but in a health care setting‚ the decision doesn’t just come because looking at my situation‚ I didn’t ask any other nurses about their opinion but I was just
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