MGT 312 SEU Decision Making & Problem Solving Worksheet

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Decision Making and Problem Solving (MGT 312)
Due Date: 12/03/2022 @ 23:59
Course Name: Decision Making and Problem Student’s Name:
Solving
Course Code: MGT312
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: Second
CRN:
Academic Year:2021-22-2nd
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:
Marks Obtained/Out of 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe decision making process for complex issues pertaining to business
environment both internally and externally (C.L.O :1.1)
2. Explain and apply critical thinking and cognitive psychology as it pertains to
analyze and synthesize information for problem solving and decision making.
(C.L.O :2.1)
3. Analyze ethical issues and dilemmas that businesses often face and employ ethical
standards in all manners and circumstances. (C.L.O :3.2)
Assignment Instructions for Part-I:
• Log in to Saudi Digital Library (SDL) via University’s website
• On first page of SDL, choose “English Databases”
• From the list find and click on EBSCO database.
• In the search bar of EBSCO find the following article:
Title:
“11 Myths About Decision-Making”
Author:
Strauss Einhorn, Cheryl
Date of Publication:
April 20, 2021
Published:
Harvard Business Review
Assignment Question(s):
(Marks 10)
Part-I
Read the attached article titled as “11 Myths About Decision-Making” by Strauss
Einhorn, Cheryl, published in Harvard Business Review, and answer the following
Questions:
1. Summarize the article and explain the main issues discussed in the article. (In 500600 words)
(Marks 3)
2. How will these myths help you improving decision-making and problem-solving
skills? Explain in relation with the text you learnt in the course. Use additional
reference to support your argument. (In 400-600 words)
(Marks 3)
Part-II- Critical Thinking Question
3. You can take a problem-solving approach to resolving conflicts in an organization.
Suppose you and your colleague are working together on a high-profile project to
develop software for handling orders at your company. You want to adapt existing
software and your colleague wants to develop new software. How would you apply
the problem-solving steps to resolve the conflict?
(Words 300-400; Marks 2)
4. Built-in obsolescence means designing products that will degrade over time or
otherwise need to be replaced. Many products depend on built-in obsolescence to
ensure sales, such as light bulbs, batteries, and electronic devices. Do you think
selling products with built-in obsolescence is an ethical way to do business?
(Words 200-400; Marks 2)
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