Decision making and creativity

[Group activity 2]

Q1.

Deep and Aman plans a dinner out. He is excited about the evening. He has 50$ as a budget for dinner and Deep could not figure out How to go, where to eat and what to eat. (The problem has been defined). [step 1]

Deep is looking for a restaurant with the food preference of Aman. He is interested in non-veg but non-veg is higher than his budget. He is not willing to eat continental food. (Identification of decision criteria). [step 2]

Deep has allocated weights as per his needs. Like food should be Non-Veg – 2.5/5. It can be a main course or a fast food (Indian) 4/5, Budget 50$ 5/5, Location should be near 5/5. Taking a Cab 2/5. (Allocation of weights). [step 3]

Searched for nearby restaurants online via Google and uber eats. Checked online menu. Took advice from Gurwinder and Suresh and they referred Dosa Factory. (development of alternatives) [step 4]

Option I Deep must take a cab spend 18$ in fare and have a dinner with Aman in 32$ and Eat Idli Dosa.

Option II Deep must go walking into a restaurant. Wait for Aman and Eat Butter Chicken Roti with 50$

Option III Deep must hire a cab and spend 18$ in fare. Eat butter chicken roti and split the bill with Aman (evaluation of alternative) [Step 5]

Deep decides to choose option III. As it more convenient and comfortable. (Selecting the best alternative). [Step 6]

Q2.

Lays is my favourite snack product which is manufactured by Pespi co. In past few year, In India Pepsi was accused of being weak in its social responsibility’s efforts. As there was a war going on between Israel and Palestine. And Pepsi is Israel based company. Pepsi was accused to support Israel by funding them for weapons to attack Palestine. Many people in the nation supported the moment of boycott Pepsi. For few months sales of the products manufactured by Pepsi co. had a devastating fall in the market. Even I contributed in the moment to support innocent Palestine citizens by boycotting and giving up on Pepsi co. products.

Q3.

If I see Gurwinder cheating during the exam of Organizational Behavior. It will be my rightful duty and moral ethics to bring Gurwinder on track. If I ignore his activity today, He can suffer in future career. Therefore, I draft a mail to my instructor with evidence and request my instructor to not take any severe action against him and just give a warning as He is my friend too. But I will not ignore that incident.

Decision making is practised on a large scale in daily life. Therefore, which making a decision it is important to have ethics. The criteria of ethical decision-making are utilitarianism, where decisions are made based on solely on the outcomes. It seeks the greatest good for the greatest number. Ethical decision utilitarianism dominates the method for businesspeople. Utilitarianism promotes efficiency and productivity. It can ignore individual rights, specially minorities. There second criteria are rights. Where decision is consistent with fundamental liberties and privileges. It respects and protects the basic rights of individual such as whistleblowers. It protects individuals from harm and preserve rights. However, it creates an overly legalistic work environment. The third criteria in ethical decision-making is Justice. It imposes and enforces rules fairly and impartially. It equitably distributes the benefits and costs. It protects the interest of weaker members but encourages a sense o entitlement.

Global implications in decision making is no research on the topic, assumption of no difference. It is based on our awareness of cultural differences in the traits that affect decision making, this is a suspected assumption. Where as, no global ethical standard exists. Asian counties tend not to see ethical issues in the black and white but view it as a grey shade. Global companies must have global standards for managers. People who most prefer bounded rationality method, they tend to satisfice. For a better decision, combine traditional method with intuition and creativity. Analyze the situation and adjust to the culture and organizational reward criteria. Beware of biases and minimize them.

References:

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Unacademy

Organizational Behavior 8th Editor.

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