Thinking and Decision Making Michael Ledford Mark Savell DJ Williams University of Phoenix MGT/350 Mr. Jerry Abendroth September 8‚ 2009 Thinking and Decision Making What are the parts of critical thinking? Believe it or not‚ a process of analysis takes place when thinking occurs. Basically‚ the conscious mind is presented with a situation and formulates a conclusion. However‚ the unconscious mind contributes to the conclusion through assumption. It is critical when thinking in order
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I. STATEMENT/RECOGNITION OF DECISION REQUIREMENT/PROBLEM Facts of the Case Pinnacle is a small‚ publicly held Indiana-based machine tool company which is currently losing market shares due to aggressive pricing which have an impact on its profit margin. Don Anglos‚ Pinnacle’s CEO‚ heard a credible rumor that a chief competitor of Pinnacle is planning a hostile takeover of Hoilman‚ Inc. Don Anglos has to decide whether Pinnacle should attempt to acquire Hoilman‚ Inc.‚ a company known for
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A recently published article seems to lend new information as to the way in which emotions influence our decision-making process. While emotions and reasoning are considered inherently separate by some‚ new experiments are challenging that perception. A series of studies done by experimental psychologists now show us that emotion plays a very natural role in decision-making situations. The experiments‚ ranging in type from neuroimaging to simple classical conditioning‚ suggest that emotions can
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is going on in Greyhound Lines‚ we turn to discuss about the way executive managers made decision and analyze what was not satisfactory. 1. Was the decision facing Greyhound executives‚ programmed or non-programmed? From the case study‚ we can obviously identify with certainty that Greyhound’s executives were facing with non-programmed decision. Let remind a bit more about non-programmed decisions‚ that apply specific solutions crafted for a unique problem.[1] It was the first time facing
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difficult decision‚ but that conflicts arise when the final decision itself is perfectly obvious.” In the words of Pope Benedict XVI‚ “No one can give what he does not personally possess.” As a human being‚ I believe in these words. As a Christian‚ I believe strongly in God’s words that says “…….love your friends as yourself……..” In other words‚ it is difficult to love others beyond the extent to which you love yourself. You can’t give what you don’t have! Based on the foregoing‚ my decision will be
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CASE APPLICATION: FOUNDATIONS OF CONTROL Deepwater in Deep Trouble When all is said and done‚ which may not be for many years‚ it’s likely to be one of the worst environmental disasters‚ if not the worst‚ in U.S. history.61 When British Petroleum’s (BP) Deepwater Horizon off-shore rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in a ball of flames on April 20‚ 2010‚ killing 11 employees‚ it set in motion frantic efforts to stop the flow of oil and to initiate the long and arduous cleanup process. Although
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in Decision Making Directive Style: A person has this style if they have a low tolerance for ambiguity and are efficient‚ rational‚ and logical in their way of thinking. They focus on the short term and are quick to make decisions‚ usually resulting in a decision that has been made with minimal information and not carefully analyzing other alternatives. Example: When a manager spots the dirt on the window‚ and orders the cleaner to clean the window now‚ that is a directive style decision-making
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Decision-Making Steps There are six steps typically associated with effective decision processes. These six steps in the Managerial Decision-Making Process are recognition of Decision Requirement‚ Diagnosis and Analysis of Causes‚ Development of Alternatives‚ Selection of Desired Alternative‚ Implementation of Chosen Alternative and Evaluation and Feedback.(Daft 1995) First steps in the decision-making steps are recognition of decision requirement. The ability to recognize
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A Case Study of “Rational Decision Making” Ali Rashid Cheema ECON 401: Engineering Economics Decision Making •Decision – Making a choice from two or more alternatives. •The Decision-Making Process – Identifying a problem and decision criteria and allocating weights to the criteria. – Developing‚ analyzing‚ and selecting an alternative that can resolve the problem. – Implementing the selected alternative. – Evaluating the decision’s effectiveness. The Situation • Hamzah is a sales
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with business-related decisions. However‚ the making of such decisions in the real world is often unstructured. The term ‘rational decision making’ epitomises the confusion and widely varying interpretations surrounding this phenomenon. A process-oriented approach may‚ therefore‚ seem different from traditional ways of arriving at a choice. Nevertheless‚ the benefits of adopting such an approach are significant‚ and its use seems certain to improve managerial decision making in organisations. The
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