Name: __________________________ Intake: _____________ Date: _____________ I) Multiple Choice Questions: Answer ALL the following questions. Even if you are not sure about the right answer of any question‚ give it your best guess and try not to leave it blank (10 Marks) 1) Which of the following statements regarding managers in today’s world is accurate? A) Their age range is limited to between 30 and 65 years. B) They are found only in large corporations. C) They can be found exclusively
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‘Given the potential problems associated with group decision making‚ organisations should rely on individual decision making whenever possible’. How far do you agree/disagree with this statement? From the days when working conditions were under the strict rules of Taylorism‚ workers these days are required to be equipped with various soft skills and not to forget‚ the important value of teamwork. Organisations present-day depend heavily on teamwork. Questions such as “what strengths can you bring
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Perception and Decision Making Individuals with in organizations have to make important decisions everyday‚ the choices they make greatly effects their outcomes. How individuals in organizations make decisions and the quality of their final choices are largely influenced by their perceptions. During this examination of the role of perception in the decision making process‚ we will be discussing the meaning of perception and how an individual’s perception of others can impact an organization’s
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In a perfect world‚ judicial decision- making would only be influenced by the law. Unfortunately‚ this is not the case. Outside factors that motivates personal biases also contribute to a judge’s decision. For one‚ a judge is influenced by their attitudes and ideologies. Research suggests that a judge’s decision has almost a perfect correlation with their beliefs and ideologies‚ which are shaped by public opinion. If the public believes a defendant is guilty of murder‚ for example‚ and should not
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“Rational decision-making is an impossible ideal in strategy formulation and implementation due to incomplete information and organisational politics.” Strategy is formulated and implemented by organisations as a means of gaining competitive advantage and achieving organisational success. Frequent fast‚ widely supported‚ and high quality strategic decisions are the cornerstone of effective strategy (Eisenhardt‚ 1999 in Clegg et. Al‚ 2012). In today’s world of borderless business‚ ever-evolving
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Autocratic leadership is a classical leadership style with the following characteristics: manager seeks to make as many decisions as possible‚ manager seeks to have the most authority and control in decision making‚ manager seeks to retain responsibility rather than utilise complete delegation ‚ consultation with other colleagues in minimal and decision making becomes a solitary process managers are less concerned with investing their own leadership development‚ and prefer to simply work on the task
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1. What issues would you take into account? The stakeholders welfare‚ responsibility towards the society (in this case it can be identified as United States or as broad as the global inhabitants) which includes environmental issues‚ and also the ethics. For sure one more important issue is profitability or survivability of the firm. All of the issues mentioned earlier may be thought of as means for ensuring the long-run success of the company. 2. What major sources of uncertainty do you face
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COURSE TEMPLATE 1. Course information 1.1 Course number 1.2 Course Title 1.3. L-T-P structure MEL342 POWER PLANT TECHNOLOGIES 3-0-2 1.4 Status DE for ME1‚ OC for others 1.5 Pre-requisites MEL242 (Energy Conversion) & AML140 (Mechanics of Fluids) 1.6 Course coordinator Sunil R. Kale 2. 2.1 Credits 4 Schedule Lectures Tu‚ Th & F 11 to 11:50 AM Video Studio (G.F.‚ MS Bldg) via NKN to IIT Mandi and IIT Ropar 2.3 Practicals
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Limitations of Decision Making Heuristics and Biases: ‘People rely on a limited number of heuristic principles which reduce the complex tasks of assessing probabilities and predicting values to simpler judgmental operations.’ (Kahneman et. al‚ 1974) Heuristics are cognitive shortcuts or ‘rules of thumb’ used to simplify the decision making process. Heuristics result in good decisions and their main asset is that they save time. Most of the heuristics are used by people with specific cognitive styles of problem
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Chuck Jones aimed to have a new design decision process supported by data and surveys instead of a return or payoff on the investment approach. At first when he presented his idea‚ authorities requested poof and Mr. Jones was unable to show them proof. Then M. Jones started his process. 1. As a first step‚ he surveyed 15 "design-centric" companies‚ including BMW‚ Nike‚ and Nokia. To his surprise‚ few had a system for forecasting return on design 2. Mr. Jones needed to provide a new plan to focus
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