EMSE 6020: Decision Making with Uncertainty HOMEWORK 4‚ SUMMER 2013 Instructor: Joost Santos DEADLINE: June 27‚ 2013 Problem 1: (2 pts) Two contractors (1 and 2) placed a bid on a road construction project. They were each asked to provide percentile estimates of the time (x‚ in years) it would take the road to undergo a major maintenance after its completion. We seek to maximize this time variable x‚ as larger values imply better structural integrity as well as cheaper projection of the net
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Aim The main aim of this policy memo is to present information about problem of waste utilization in Kazakhstan and propose some recommendations for solving this problem. Executive summary According to the Ministry of environmental protection on the territory of Kazakhstan has accumulated 22 billion tons of waste‚ including 96 million tons of solid household waste. Annually the volume of accumulated waste is growing 700 million tons. Its main mass without separation into components removed and
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a current or future employee? The article “Decision Making” It’s not what you think” (Mintzberg & Westley‚ 2001) is about making decisions‚ but using different approaches. When making decisions as stated in the article (Mintzberg & Westley‚ 2001 p. 89)‚ you have to: Define the problem‚ diagnose causes‚ design possible solutions‚ decide what’s best‚ and then implement the choice. Most of us are taught to use these basics when making decisions. However‚ Mintzberg & Westley (2001) found
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Q3) Buy-Grid model? Why is it important in decision making? What is the indication? Supplier Evaluation An important job of the purchasing agent is to evaluate potential suppliers and their offerings. The effects of purchasing on a firm’s competitive ability are great‚ so companies pay close attention to how they evaluate suppliers. Marketers must also understand the process‚ for them the ones being evaluated. Understand the process is like understand the rules of any games; if you don’t know how
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Part One: The friction model is the idea that there are various sources that work together to keep policies in place so that the status quo prevails for extended periods of time. There are many different players within the friction model that try to help protect the status quo‚ but other ideas that try to go against the model and change it. The friction model has a head start as it is much easier to protect the status quo than to change it. A major problem policy changer’s face is lack of attention
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Topic 4. Decision Making L8 Group think and decision making. Examples? Lecture 8: Decision-making (11 Nov) (Seminar Session II) Essential Reading Textbook Ch 20 Further Reading Jackson and Carter (2007) Rethinking Organizational Behaviour. Ch 11 (Decision Making). HD. 58.&.J2 Linstead‚ S. Fulop‚ L. and Lilley‚ S. (2009) Management and Organization. Palgrave Macmillan. Ch 14 Group decision making problem: groupthink‚ what is group think‚ symptoms‚ example‚ how to prevent Groupthink‚ (group) decision
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– 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 time and
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students are encouraged to get to answers to fundamental questions through discussions and finally making 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
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1. What is Decision Making? 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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