Decision Making/Business Management project due in 3 days, 9am EST.

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Project One: Endangered Orangutans and the Palm Oil Industry Worth 25%

General guidelines:

This is what you want to do:

Use headers as shown below to identify MDQ model steps. 8 to 10 pages double spaced excluding title page and reference list Only use third person writing. Formal writing and a professional document are expected. Use a variety of sources with APA in-text citations Conduct additional research to support the alternatives Review the grading rubric and contents of the case study.

This is what you do NOT want to do:

Put sources in the reference list unless there is at least one in-text citation for it. Do not use contractions. Do not use words such as “in the case study, we, us, or I” in the paper. Do not use books or direct quotes from any source. Do not cite the case study or course content summaries as BMGT 317 or UMUC.

How to set up Project One

Title Page

Title of assignment; Course name (BMGT317); Your Name; Date

Introduction

Summarize PPO’s situation. Explain the MDQ model and its purpose. Explain who the decision maker is and why the MDQ is being used by PPO. Prepare the reader on the contents of the paper.

Step One: Decision Statement

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Explain what purpose a decision statement serves in the MDQ model. Clearly state the decision statement in the paper as provided to you. Explain why this decision statement accurately reflects the decision that must be made. Defend your logic using support with APA in-text citations.

Step Two: Framing the Decision

Explain what Framing the Decision means in terms of Step Two in the MDQ. Explain and define terminology such as purpose, scope, and perspective. Discuss in detail, using a separate paragraph for each of these components: the purpose, scope, and perspective for PPO. Explain and define the purpose in creating objectives in the MDQ model. Explain in detail, using a separate paragraph for each of your FOUR objectives for PPO. Support all logic with sources, using APA in-text citations.

Step Three: Building the Decision

Explain what Building the Decision means in terms of the Step Three in the MDQ. Discuss and explain in one paragraph what information PPO needs to gather. Discuss and explain in detail, using a separate paragraph for each of your FOUR alternatives for PPO. Explain the consequences in your description. Additional research is required to support each of the four alternatives. Must use APA in-text citations.

Step Four – Part A Decision Matrix

Explain the purpose in using decision matrices in Step Four of the MDQ. Post the first decision matrix (unweighted) and provide the scale. Follow this with an explanation on how you derived the ranking of the objectives and alternatives (each of the individual numbers) in the matrix. Support by using in-text citations. Post the second decision matrix (weighted) and provide the weights. Follow this with an explanation on how and why you derived the weights for the objectives. Support by using in-text citations. Explain your logic in detail.

Step Four – Part B

Based on the results of the Decision Matrices evaluate and analyze all of PPO’s alternatives and Objectives. State the final decision by explaining and justifying it with the numbers in the matrix.

Step Five: Assess the Decision Process

Discuss and review the decision-making process using the MDQ model. Explain in detail, if the final decision (chosen alternative) fulfilled PPO’s objectives. Discuss which objectives were fulfilled through this process.

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Support your logic using in-text citations.

Conclusion

Summarize paper in terms of the MDQ model in decision making and its benefit in making a decision for PPO.

References

There should be a separate, alphabetic References section; in-text references must be in APA format with page/paragraph numbers.