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Essay Instructions: Decision Making Tool

*** Writer based on the problem fill in responses for # 2-9

The problem: A fellow co-worker with seniority lacks on job responsibilities.

1. Identify the Problem ? describe the problem as clearly and completely as possible so that any and every reader would be clear about what you describe.

I have a fellow co-worker that lacks communal responsibilities. This particular employee is constantly late for work, takes leisurely lunches, and sluggish on work assignments.

2. What are the effects of the problem? ?


3. What is causing the problem? ? What events, beliefs, thoughts, actions are leading to the problem?

4. Define your objective or goal. ? Describe what it would look like if you had the perfect solution in place.


The Second Step ? Making the Decision

5. List possible alternatives. ? Brainstorm a list of potential solutions.

6. Evaluate the impact of each alternative. ? List the ?pros and cons? and look for potential unintended consequences.

7. Make the decision. ? Based on your analysis, which alternative or sequence of alternatives would you select to implement?

The Third Step ? Evaluating the Decision

8. Implement the Decision. ? How would you implement your solution or sequence of solutions?

9. Evaluate the Decision. ? How would you evaluate the outcome of your decision? How would you know if you have the correct solution? What evidence would you look for?

Essay Instructions: Decision-Making Model Analysis Paper

Utilizing various resources (Internet, magazines, trade journals, etc.) find a decision-making model. You must use a decision making model, I'm sure there are plenty of them on the internet. Write a 700-1000 word paper utilizing at least two different references/sources, document these in a work cited page. In your paper be sure to describe the decision making model and apply it to a recent job-related decision you have made. Be sure to identify all the steps in your chosen decision-making model and describe how critical thinking impacted the decision.

Essay Instructions: Decision making is the heartbeat of manangement. Great decisions cause change. Some set standards and or create models for behavior. Decisions usually concern people, money, buying and selling, and how to do things. Research a Great Management decision. (KAISER PERMANENTE) Was it successful and did it have a major impact on our society.

Essay Instructions: **IMPORTANT: NO DIRECT QUOTES. PLEASE USE EFFECTIVE PARAPHRASING.**
Decision Making, Impulse Control, and Cognitive Development

The Frontline episode "Inside the Teenage Brain" offers an important glimpse into how brain development and behavior are linked in adolescence. As you learned from the film, the brain's neocortex and prefrontal cortex, which control reasoning and abstract thinking, do not fully develop until about age 25. Therefore, teens are making decisions before the parts of the brain that can think abstractly?and that consider consequences of behavior?are fully developed. Teens are primarily using the limbic system, which is the emotional part of the brain. It is no wonder, then, that adolescents' impulse control is strained.

If you add this information to your knowledge of cognitive development theories, particularly those of Piaget and Vygotsky, you will have a basic understanding of adolescent cognitions and behavior.

To prepare for this assignment:
Review "Inside the Teenage Brain" and consider the impact of making decisions before the frontal lobe of the brain is fully developed. Think about how immature thinking abilities could contribute to delinquent behavior.
Review the film Harm's Way: The Lessons of Youth Violence. Reflect on the anger evident in many of the depicted youth and think about how this anger affects their impulse control.
Review and compare (similarities and differences) Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories on cognitive development. Consider how each theory informs your understanding of adolescent decision-making and impulse control abilities.
Review the Steinberg & Scott (2003) article and consider adolescent cognitive abilities, decision-making skills, and juvenile delinquency.
Review the "Adolescent Brain Development & Juvenile Justice Fact Sheet" from the ACT 4 Juvenile Justice website. Think about how this information helps explain adolescent cognitive abilities.
Review the NCJJ website to research the juvenile codes/statutes in your state or locale. Evaluate whether there is any consideration of adolescent cognitive development in their composition.
The assignment (4?6 pages):
Analyze the similarities and differences between the Piaget and Vygotsky theories of cognitive development.
Evaluate the insights and/or conclusions you can make regarding adolescent cognitive development and possible links to delinquent behavior.
Evaluate and explain if adolescent cognitive development is reflected in the composition of juvenile codes and case law in your state or locale. Cite your resources.

Support your with specific references to a minimum of two resources provided.