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Define a business or management problem and provide objectives.

1. Identify a business problem or risk that you can share with the rest of the class. Do not choose a problem that you have used previously.

2. The topic chosen for this discussion will be used for discussion in multiple steps of the decision process over the following weeks.

3. Take care in choosing your topic, very simple or very complex items will be too shallow to earn points or require too much work.

4 . Include your problem statement, objectives, and minimal background information for the initial posting.

INSTRUCTIONS

• The length must be between 250 and 350 words.

•The discussion considers your personal input and does not need to follow APA guidelines; however, if you copy, cite, or quote someone, then include the correct APA 6th edition citations and references,

•You might refer to the Fogler and LeBlanc book (2008) or Hammond, Keeney and Raiffa (1999) in this specific discussion. (if you have these books, but not required)

References

Fogler, H. S., & LeBlanc, S. E. (2008). Strategies for creative problem solving (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Hammond, J. S., Keeney, R. L., & Raiffa, H. (1999). Smart choices: A practical guide to making better decisions. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School.