WEEKLY CASE STUDY 3 The Outstanding Faculty Award
Individual weekly case assignment 3-The Outstanding Faculty Award
RUIWEN RAN(N01014875)
MGMT- 1500-OLG
1. What problems in team decision making likely caused the committee to select for the ward the worst applicant on their list?
The case study suggests that a scenario which the members of committee choosing whom will be a speaker for the reception ceremony. They had nominations and ended up with six candidates who the committee were not known too much, and they had a couple of days to debate and evaluate the six candidates using some criterion. But the question that was the standard of “outstanding”, the committee had different opinion about “outstanding, the ranking of the candidates would change when the criterion was different. Another reason is Dr. H would retire recently, so there should be a great honor for him to leave. Finally, Dr. H just be decided to honorably have this award, but not all since based from the sets of criterion Dr. H had the least point range.
2. What would you recommend to future committees so they avoid the problems identified in this case?
The committees should have constructive conflicts, for example, they should encourage more different opinions, respect other ones’ viewpoint and discuss it. Brainstorming the issue that may occur and think about the alternative solutions to solve it. More communication with each other to discuss the problems about criterion, the better decision will conduct. 3. Discuss what happened in this using concepts and theories of individual decision making(see Chapter 7)
Observations from organizational behavior is different from rational choice paradigm assumptions. All aspects that include goals, information processing, timing, standard, information quality and objective. The significant reasons why the committee failed to decide is that information processing and standard. Firstly, the members of committee thought that they are able to calculate all alternatives and outcomes, but actually
RUIWEN RAN(N01014875)
MGMT- 1500-OLG
1. What problems in team decision making likely caused the committee to select for the ward the worst applicant on their list?
The case study suggests that a scenario which the members of committee choosing whom will be a speaker for the reception ceremony. They had nominations and ended up with six candidates who the committee were not known too much, and they had a couple of days to debate and evaluate the six candidates using some criterion. But the question that was the standard of “outstanding”, the committee had different opinion about “outstanding, the ranking of the candidates would change when the criterion was different. Another reason is Dr. H would retire recently, so there should be a great honor for him to leave. Finally, Dr. H just be decided to honorably have this award, but not all since based from the sets of criterion Dr. H had the least point range.
2. What would you recommend to future committees so they avoid the problems identified in this case?
The committees should have constructive conflicts, for example, they should encourage more different opinions, respect other ones’ viewpoint and discuss it. Brainstorming the issue that may occur and think about the alternative solutions to solve it. More communication with each other to discuss the problems about criterion, the better decision will conduct. 3. Discuss what happened in this using concepts and theories of individual decision making(see Chapter 7)
Observations from organizational behavior is different from rational choice paradigm assumptions. All aspects that include goals, information processing, timing, standard, information quality and objective. The significant reasons why the committee failed to decide is that information processing and standard. Firstly, the members of committee thought that they are able to calculate all alternatives and outcomes, but actually