Chapter 1 Cost Management and Strategy Cases 1-1 Critical Success Factors 1-2 Contemporary Management Techniques 1-3 Pricing 1-4 Selected Ethics Cases 1-5 Strategy: Branding Beef 1-6 Sales‚ Profits‚ and Competitive Strategy Readings 1-1 “Are You a Business Partner?” Parts 1 and 2 by Gary Siegel‚ James E. Sorensen‚ and Sandra Richtermeyer‚ Strategic Finance (September and October 2003). This article is based on interviews of 100 accountants who
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Chapter 11 – Decision Making What is Decision Making? * Decision making – the process of developing a commitment to some course of action * Can also be described as a process of problem solving * Problem – a perceived gap between an existing state and a desired state Well-Structured Problems * Well-structured problems – a problem for which the existing state is clear‚ the desired state is clear‚ and how to get from one state to the other is fairly obvious * Decision making takes
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A M BORISON Applied Decision Analysis. Inc. 27W Sand Hill Road Mcnio Park. California 94025 Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC) provides wholesale power to consumer-owned distribution cooperatives in Georgia. Late in 1990‚ OPC managers learned that Florida Power Corporation wanted to expand its connections to Georgia with another transmission line. To decide whether to build this line‚ OPC worked with Applied Decision Analysis‚ Inc. to conduct a comprehensive decision analysis in less than two
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Gillian Singer Jacta Alia Est Decisions‚ Decisions Before discussing the different ways a person can reach a decision‚ it is first necessary to know what decision making is. According to The Oxford English Dictionary decision making is‚ The making up of one’s mind on any point or on a course of action; a resolution‚ determination. While the definition seems simple‚ the act of making up ones mind can be quite complicated. You need only look at my dorm room floor on a Saturday
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their own decision; as opposed to the fundamental “do as told” style. Well I think that basically comes down to the fact that history has shown us that there are multiple ways to achieve an objective and the only limit is our imagination. We need to learn how to make good decisions. Good decision-making brings about a better life. It gives you some control over your life. In fact‚ many frustrations with oneself are caused by not being able to use one’s own mind to understand the decision problem
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The MBA Decision Getting an MBA is one of these decisions that people at one point thought of as a level of education only few are able to attain. In time that perspective has changed and in recent calculations the number of MBA graduates has increased by 250% (Articlesbase‚ 2006). In the closing case‚ we address the questions below to help Ben with his MBA decision. Question 1 How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Time plays a huge factor in Ben’s decision to get his MBA and to
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DECISION MAKING INTRODUCTION Decision making is an essential aspect of modern management. It is a primary function of management. A manager’s major job is sound/rational decision-making. He takes hundreds of decisions consciously and subconsciously. Decision-making is the key part of manager’s activities. Decisions are important as they determine both managerial and organizational actions. A decision may be defined as "a course of action which is consciously chosen from among a set of alternatives
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Ethical Decisions for Stakeholders: A Practical Application Introduction Organizational culture‚ or the values‚ attitudes and beliefs held by an organization‚ directly impacts all the stakeholders of an organization. This assignment looks at a hypothetical scenario from Strait about a situation at private university. The goal is to determine an ethical decision that has the greatest benefits to the stakeholders in this organizational culture. To lend insight to the university
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SAMPLE CASE STUDY: MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS & DECISION M AKING CASE STUDY SITUATION Times are slow for your company right now and with the rising costs of materials and wages‚ your profits are at an all-time low. Because of this unfortunate situation‚ you will need to let some employees go. The senior management team has already compiled the list of people whose employment will be terminated two weeks from today. However‚ the people on the list will not know until the day of the termination. You
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THE MBA DECISION 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? In our opinion‚ Age is one of the important factor that affects someone decision to continue study. In this case‚ Ben is now 28 years old. He graduated from college six years ago when he’s age is 22 years old. Assuming that Ben already working for about 5 years since graduated from college‚ so that he would have enough money from salary saving in5 years to do his MBA at 28 years age. If he starts the MBA program on 28 years
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