In responding to CAPO’s attacks, how will PPO keep their customers and continue to make money?

In the article The Benefits and Limits of Decision Models, the author describes some of the limitations that decision making models have in making decisions. Think about this in conjunction with the articles on gut instinct’s role in decision making as well as the last two weeks on bias influences and take a position on the following statement: Decision making models do not add value to the decision making process.

In your answer be sure to consider the unconscious nature of bias and its role in making decisions.

 

All learning activities including the responses to others must contain support from the class material and the use of APA in text citations and reference list. NO RESOURCES EXCEPT THOSE IN THE CLASSROOM are to be used unless research is specifically called for in the assignment.

 

  • Project 1  Collaboration Exercise Instructions

Using the case study, class material and any additional research, apply the MDQ decision making model to the dilemma PPO finds itself in currently namely: In responding to CAPO’s attacks, how will PPO keep their customers and continue to make money?

To address this scenario, each student will collaborate with classmates by applying the MDQ model to the above decision. Collaboration means discussing the elements needed to apply the model, the facts and research needed to apply the model, and what answers seem to give the best application of the model to the decision process.

Starting in week three and continuing through week six, each student is required to submit to the weekly discussion forum the following:

  • Your ideas on the application of the step(s) under discussion each week. All ideas must be justified with detailed explanations and supported using the case study facts, class material and research provided. APA formatting is required.
  • Each student is required to provide constructive feedback to the posts of at least five class mates over the course of the entire week.  Evaluate their posts in terms of how they have applied their ideas to the MDQ model. Remember to justify your responses with detailed explanations and support using the case study facts. APA formatting is required.
  • EACH WEEK CONTAINS SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEVELOPING THAT WEEK’S COLLABORATION WORK

 

Beginning of Collaboration on the Decision Model Process

This is not a learning activity!

This week we begin the process of making a decision for the Perfect Palm Oil company. You will post in the discussion area for this week your initial ideas on what the Decision Statement should be for PPO’s dilemma. In this step you will try to identify the problem or opportunity in which a decision is needed. You do this by clearly stating what goal you want the decision to achieve for PPO. The more accurate you are in defining the statement the happier you will be with the choice you made. Why, because the alternatives, objectives and people concerned are more likely to be included in the decision alternative. Conversely, the more unclear the statement the less likely the alternatives, objectives and people will be included in the decision choice. Start by asking the questions what is the decision to be made and what it is not? Define the issues surrounding the decision. What is creating the need to decide?

Once you have made your initial post read those of you classmates and give them constructive feedback as to whether they have clearly defined the decision statement as delineated in the class materials. Be sure that the feedback is constructive and that you are actually collaborating with them to come up with the best decision statement possible.  You are expected to connect with as many classmates as much as possible. Discussion with them should be about the reasoning behind the statement they have chosen and how the process was applied to bring them to this reasoning. Use of only the class material to support your work is mandatory, as well as in text citations and a reference list .

 

Additional Requirements and Information:

  • All initial posts must have a heading indicating they are the initial posts.
  • All initial posts are due on Wednesday. Failure to post on Wednesday will result in a lower collaboration grade with part of the project. (See Rubric for Specifics)
  • Comments to others are to progress throughout the week. They should be responded to by the recipient of the comment much like you would carry on a discussion in the face to face classroom. This not group work it is more akin to brainstorming. Discussion from each week should be reflected in the final paper.
  • First Posts and comments to others appearing on Sunday will be worth considerably less than those posted earlier in the week. (See Rubric for Specifics)
  • Each week’s post is worth 5 points.