Week 1

What is critical thinking?

What are the steps in the University of Phoenix decision-making model?

Week 1 Assignment:

Critical Thinking Application


Week 2

What are the characteristics of a problem? How might a problem present itself? How should a problem be investigated and identified?

What forces of influence should be considered while identifying a problem through critical thinking?

Week 2 Assignment:

LT Thinking Decision Making Paper


Week 3

From the assigned reading Decide and Conquer: Make Winning Decisions and Take Control of Your Life, which of the common biases or errors have you experienced in the workplace or at home?

What decision making model do you prefer?

My choice is the collective or participative decision making model because this type of model allows for the resolving issues by using the intelligence of several individuals to produce a better list of choices that are not otherwise attainable.

Why?

Week 3 Assignments:

Decisions In Paradise Part

Team Problem Formulation and Identification

Week 4

What are management's roles and responsibilities in decision implementation?

According to Mintzberg\'s approach to management, the manager has four decision roles;

• Taking entrepreneurial decisions

• Handling disturbances

• Allocating resources to get jobs done

• Negotiating (with individuals or groups) (Croft, 1996, pp. 4-5).

What are the steps for effective management of a decision implementation plan?

Week 4 Assignments:

Team Problem formulation and Identification Presentation 17 Slides

Decisions in Paradise Part

Week 5

What tools and techniques should be used for evaluating a decision? How do these tools and techniques equate to increased organizational effectiveness?

Describe a situation either in your work or personal life where you made a decision but it did not turn out as planned. What methods did you use to realize the decision was not working out, and what steps did you take once the decision was found to be incorrect?

Week 5 Assignment:

Team Thinking Critically Simulation

Decisions in Paradise Part