What are the assumptions that underlie the classical model of decision-making and explain how this model would help to explain the behavior of a manager who was attempting to act consistently with this model in a realistic business situation of your choosing?
List some guidelines for when forward integration would be a particularly good strategy to pursue. 200-300 words APA.
Discuss what needs to be completed, besides the calculation and interpretation of ratios, to complete an effective financial ratio analysis. 200-300 words.
You are considering purchasing a personal computer. What factors would affect your price sensitivity in making the decision? How would those same factors affect the price sensitivity of some personal computer buyers differently?
What is your experience with decision-making models? Please include a reference.
How do teams enhance decision making and critical thinking? How many decisions in business, in your experience, are made individually? How many collaboratively?
In the space provided, classify each as it would be reported on a balance sheet. Use the following code: CA= current asset CL = current liability SE= stockholders' equity NCA= noncurrent asset NCL=_ noncurrent liability 1. Accounts Payable 2. Accounts Receivable 3. Buildings 4. Cash 5. Contributed C
Describe the concept of analogical reasoning. Then, considering your last purchase decision, discuss how analogical reasoning could have helped you to improve your decision and increase your satisfaction with the product or service that you purchased.
Bazerman and Moore suggest that we should understand the biases of others. Discuss this concept in terms of why it is important for us to understand other people biases. In your discussion, focus on how you might be able to improve your decision-making in a group setting. 200-300 words APA
Research Kurt Lewin's model for change. Then, discuss the three-staged de-biasing process (unfreezing, change, and refreezing) and explain the mechanisms that make each of them hard to implement. In your discussion, include how you believe such a process can help you, personally, to improve your decision-making.
Question#2 Problem 13-22 Relevant Cost Analysis in a Variety of Situations [LO2, LO3, LO4] Barker Company has a single product called a Zet. The company normally produces and sells 80,000 Zets each year at a selling price of $40 per unit. The company's unit costs at this level of activity are given below: Direct ma
Eventually, the US and Iran will have to sit down at and negotiate terms of nuclear power. Discuss the issues that could be involved in such a negotiation. What cognitive mistakes might be made by the negotiators in this case? How could these mistakes be overcome in order to reach an acceptable agreement? Cognitive mistakes c
Eventually, the United States and Iran will have to sit down and negotiate the use of nuclear power. Discuss the issues that could be involved in such a negotiation. What cognitive mistakes might be made by the negotiators in this case? How could these mistakes be overcome in order to reach an acceptable agreement? 200-300 words
Identify and apply the four steps in deriving a decision.
Financial statement analysis is a critical link between the generation of accounting data and the proper usage of the information in decision making. Do the managers understand the information and the implications of the numbers presented in the financial statements? Generalization about How well are we doing?
Research the subject of the Enron and Arthur Andersen relationship. Discuss your findings in terms of the application of ethics in the various decisions made by the Enron and Arthur Andersen teams. How did bounded ethicality play a role in these decisions? 200-300 words APA
Recently, the American International Group (AIG), a global insurance and financial services organization, accepted billions of dollars from the United States Government in order to remain solvent and in operation. After receiving this money, the organization decided to pay over $160 million in bonuses. Discuss the ethical proble
Bernard Madoff, a once highly regarded member of the Wall Street community, recently pleaded guilty of running a $50 billion ponzi scheme. Research the driving forces behind his seemingly unethical behavior and discuss your findings. How did favoritism and bounded ethicality come into play in this case? 200-300 words APA
Saturn has never turned a profit for GM. Why hasn't Saturn turned a profit? Was escalation of commitment in play in GM's decision? Why?
Evaluate each of the following approaches that a business firm could use to gather information about competition. For each approach, mark its appropriateness using the following scale: 1. Definitely not appropriate, 2. Probably not appropriate, 3. Undecided, 4. Probably appropriate, and 5. Definitely appropriate The busin
Research the Tata Group of Companies (http://www.tata.com/aboutus/sub_index.aspx?sectid=8hOk5Qq3EfQ=). After reviewing of all the documents you can find on the web and in libraries, write a 3-page response to the following questions: 1. What is the most important problem facing the Tata Group? 2. What recommendation(s) woul
In the 1960s, Britain and France decided to jointly fund and build a supersonic transport that became known as the Concorde. Research the decision to build and fly the supersonic transport Concorde. Then, discuss how the sunk costs and an escalation of commitment affected their decisions. 200-300 words APA
Discuss how perceptual bias affected President George W. Bush's decisions that lead the United States into war in Iraq in 2003. Did judgmental bias play a part in these decisions? 200-300 words APA
Discuss a time when you were involved, either as an individual or as part of a group, in a decision in which escalation of commitment took place. How did you feel about the decision and the escalation? 200-250 words.
The company to be used is General Motors. Time period used 2007-2008 Identify a decision that has recently been made or will be made in the near future in your organization. Identify two relevant and two non-relevant costs in this decision. If you cannot identify specific actual amounts, make a reasonable estimate and
Report on a decision that you were a part of or had witnessed in your organization where personal motivation and/or emotions on the part of decision maker(s) may have cause a sub-optimal decision to be made. 200-300 words APA format
Managerial decision - Discuss your feelings about the multiple-selves theory. Do you feel the pull between what you want and what should be done? How have you reconciled these differences in the past?
As a developing critical thinker, we should get in the habit of explicitly stating the purpose we are trying to accomplish. What is a summary of the purpose you wish to use critical thinking in your life and by which methods will you develop it? I am looking for about 400 words, notes about topic above. ~Pamela
For a business organization to sustain its operations over an extended period of time, it is necessary to maintain proper management over its cash flow. For each of the following scenarios, describe in detail the practices you would recommend. Scenario 1: Over the past five years, your organization has experienced increa
Conduct an Internet and literature search on the topic of joint versus separate preference reversal. Discuss your findings. In your discussion compare and contrast joint and separate preference reversal. 200-300 words APA