MGT. 458: DECISION MAKING AND CREATIVITY - Fall 2011 Rex C. Mitchell, Ph.D.

• New and Misc. Notes * Pls. check these every week for possible new or updated information.
• Syllabus and Schedule
• Information about the exam and comments on first short papers
• Film clips, some of which we will see in class



• Modules, in alphabetical order:
• Assertive Communications
• Basic Decision Making Model
• Choosing
• Communications, Improving
• Ethical Considerations in Decision Making
• Framing a Decision
• Framing in Communications
• Group Decision Making
• Implementation
• Insufficiency of Honesty
• Is It Always Right to Be Right?
• Notes on Decision Making
• Objectives and Goals
• Paradigms
• Strategic & Critical Thinking
• Visualization


• Cases:
• Case 1: Loading Dock Upgrades
• Case 2: Raiding or Employee Choice?
• Case 3: Conflicting Staff Advice
• Case 4: Implementation Disaster
• Case 5: West Coast Plant
• Case 6: A Shade of Gray
• Case 7: Watergate
• Case 8: Cuban Crises(A)
• Case 9: A Tragic Choice: Jim and the Natives in the Jungle
• Ivan Dilemmas
• Case 10: Assembly Line Held Hostage
• Case 11: Video case questions: Measure of a Man
• Case 12: Jim Baxter
• Case 13: Layoff Decisions
• Cases 14 & 15: Business Schools & McGuffey's Restaurant


• PowerPoint Slides Used in Overview Lecture-Discussions (may be minor revisions during the semester):
• Set 1 (weeks 1-3)
• Set 2 (weeks 4-9)
• Set 3 (week 10)
• Set 4 (group decision making)
• Set 5 (ethics)
• Set 6 (the rest)
• von Oech book


• Optional Stuff, But Worth a Look:
• Quotations
• Humor
• Writing ER
• Avoiding Common Writing Problems

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