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Week 6 Brainstorming Discussions MDQ STEP THREE: BUILDING THE...
Week 6 Brainstorming Discussions
MDQ STEP THREE: BUILDING THE DECISION
GATHERING INFORMATION
The purpose of this week's brainstorming discussions is to address the type of information HH
needs to gather in coming up with creative alternatives to use in the MDQ decision making
model. Useful infor
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Week 6 Brainstorming Discussions MDQ STEP THREE: BUILDING THE...
Week 6 Brainstorming Discussions
MDQ STEP THREE: BUILDING THE DECISION
GATHERING INFORMATION
The purpose of this week's brainstorming discussions is to address the type of information HH
needs to gather in coming up with creative alternatives to use in the MDQ decision making
model. Useful information involves researching anything that the decision maker needs to know
that might influence the decision making process. This includes experience from past or future
situations as well as factual information. Even though the decision maker has no control over
future events, information needs to be gathered to anticipate outcomes, consequences or actions
when acting on HH's alternatives.
CREATING ALTERNATIVES:
In Building the Decision, the decision maker will create FOUR viable alternatives. The case
study mentions several obvious alternatives, such as:Partnering with the investors or increasing
E-commerce sales. However, NONE of these alternatives are strong enough on their own to meet
all the objectives HH would like from the decision. Harry must look for ways to combine them
with other possibilities to make stronger alternatives. The expectation is to create alternatives
that are creative, demonstrate critical thinking, use additional research, and meet as many of the
objectives as possible.
Discuss the type of information the HH needs to gather to make a decision. Discuss the biases
and traps that should be avoided in gathering information and interpreting (selecting it). Watch
your predisposition to select information that is in your comfort zone or might lead to a problem
solving approach rather than a decision making one.
Create FOUR possible alternatives for HH. Discuss each of these alternatives in separate
paragraphs by explaining the alternative in detail, pointing out the biases, and potential
consequences. Additional research may be required to support their viability.
This week you will be gathering information about your objectives, evaluating the information,
and then creating several plans of action(or alternatives) that meet as many of the objectives as
possible. This is the process and the discussion needs to flow around the process NOT solving a
problem. While your options will seek to meet the objectives and in that way seem to accomplish
a solution for HH's concerns, the alternatives are not solutions. If creatively formed they may
seek to accomplish all the objectives and more. For instance, if an objective is to have HH
increase e-commerce sales think of all the ways they can accomplish this objective. The research
and information you gather should have multiple ideas and many can be put together to make an
alternative that fits that objective. However, the object of the alternative is to meet all the
objectives or as many as possible, or as many as constraints like budgets or resources will allow.
Choices may even be accomplished by using stakeholders and outsiders to the decision to create
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