Assignments

Consider the following

You have been working for Alpha Management for almost two years. You are in the office

working on Sunday to prepare for an important meeting the next day. After putting some

PowerPoint slides together, you decide to print a copy for review. You leave your office and

make your way to the copy room, which serves as both a copy room and supply room. You can

get common supplies (e.g., pens, paper, staples, etc.). Upon arriving to retrieve your copies, you

notice your supervisor is in the copy/supply room. This seems a little unusual, especially since

it’s a weekend and you thought you were the only one in the office. After some ‘professional

small talk,’ you notice he has been putting a large quantity of office supplies in his laptop case.

Before you can ask him what he’s doing, he quickly tells you that he has a home office where he

does much of his weekend work. You have not heard of or seen a policy for taking office

supplies home. He then tells you that if you need any extra supplies, you can just take them,

since you are probably doing some work at home. You don’t take any supplies, but you thank

him for the offer. As you leave the copy/supply room, you see him putting some of the supplies

back on the shelves. On your drive home that afternoon, you think back to the situation, and it

just makes you feel uncomfortable. You then start trying to convince yourself that it’s only pens

and paper. Also, who knows, there may be some type of company policy that allows this. You

go back to work on Monday, and the same supervisor comes to your office and asks how the

rest of your weekend was; he has not done that before. What do you do? Do you report this

activity through the chain of command? (He’s your direct supervisor.) Do you not report

because it’s only small office supplies and, who knows, there may be some type of policy that

allows this for home office use? Do you sit down with him and discuss the situation? Do you do

nothing; it’s no real issue and it’s only pens and paper?

Answer the following questions

Consider the various Decision-Making Models introduced in Chapter 10. Choose one of the

models and work through the above scenario. Once completed, respond to the following

questions.

1. What influenced your decision choices? - The response to this question must be 500-600 words.

2.

3. Looking back at the chapter’s readings, along with Figure 10-4, “A Dual Model of Intuition,” did this model sway your decision in a certain direction? - The response to this question must be

500-600 words.

Here are the minimum requirements for the case study responses

 Ensure the questions are addressed

 Identify the key and underlying issues. This is not a simple listing of the issues, but an in- depth analysis that includes how the issues apply to the concepts and theories you have

learned within the course

 Develop the key facts to support the issues. This is an area that will require some thought

with the expectation that you will only list pertinent data

 Discuss the solution to the problem and how to implement it to become more effective. This is an analysis of the problem within the case study. Also, make efforts to support

your solutions with references from the textbook, readings, or other sources

 Demonstrate that you understand the topic and data by linking the theories and concepts

highlighted in the textbook with your case study response

 All sources must be cited in APA format

 APA assistance: http://apastyle.org or http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

 Submit your case study response to the course digital drop box

 All questions are on the same paper; simply list the questions