Purchase Solution

Juicy Red Tomato Company

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

You bring your initial proposal work (ATTACHED BELOW) (topic, purpose statement, research questions, and hypothesis) (Proposal attached)to a stakeholder committee, which is comprised of your manager and other senior-level people. They react and you take NOTES. (Notes are below.)

? What, if any, biases do you detect in the steering committee members' remarks?
? At this point, are they using reflective or expedient decision-making methods? What do you need to do to address their concerns

Notes

Juicy Red Tomato Company
Steering Committee Meeting notes
? Discussed research proposal
? HR manager comments - agreed with everything, seemed a little upset
that her suggestions were not followed previously
? Agri director disagrees that wages are not adequate - "after all we're
using migrant workers" Also argued that JRT provides housing for
workers, so that should count as compensation.
? IT manager commented he's been fighting for budget to improve
communications but has been denied funding
? President believes that field personnel will not use "hi tech toys" like
cellphones and pdas
? CFO commented that if JRT starts paying production people more, profit
margin will be destroyed.

Thank you.

Attachments
Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

In references to the Juicy Red Tomato Company scenario, this solution identifies and describes the biases detected in the steering committee members' remarks. The type of decision-making is also identified e.g. reflective vs expedient decision-making methods as well as what the steering committee needs to do to address their concerns.

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Operations Management

This quiz tests a student's knowledge about Operations Management

Understanding the Accounting Equation

These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.

Team Development Strategies

This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.

Social Media: Pinterest

This quiz introduces basic concepts of Pinterest social media