What are you to do?
• Select a complex decision that you have made in the past 10
weeks?
• Analyse YOUR decision making process using the theories of:
– Context
– Personality
– Preferred decision making style
– Rational decision making model
• Give the analysis to three friends or colleagues and ask them
identify on what points they agree or disagree with your
analysis
• NOTE: The assessment does not require evaluation of
whether the decision was good, average or poor. It is only
the decision making process.
Office | Faculty | Department
A single
decision
making
event
Individual or group
with changing state of
satisfaction to current
situation
Contextual influences
to decision
Solution options
Selected option
Decision points
State of dis satisfaction
with current situation
Time between decisions
Shorter the line the quicker the second decision
You are
analysing
here
Assessment 1
Structure and content
Format – 1000 words max (minimum 950)
• Introduction – 10% of word count – 100 words
– Intro: What is it about, what theories are used and what
is the structure
• Body – 80% of the word count – 800 words
• 6 – 7 paragraphs
» 4 paragraphs to self analysis
» 2 paragraphs to reflection on critique from
colleagues/friends
• Conclusion – 10% of word count – 100 words
• References – APA 6th
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SUGGESTIONS
• Theory
– Feature 1
– Feature 2
– Feature 3
– Feature 4
– Feature 5
– Feature 6
– Feature 7
• Case
– Fact 1
– Fact 2
– Fact 3
– Fact 4
– Fact 5
Analysis
Building foundation
• Words per sentence – 15 to 25. Beyond 30, the
sentence is running on
• Sentences per paragraph – 6 to 10. Approx 120 to
200 words
• Paragraphs start with topic sentence – the theme of
the paragraph
• Theory is used to analyse the case – do not recite
the theory
Building foundation
• The topic sentence is the theme of the paragraph
• Theory is linked to the facts that you have
found/identified
• Supporting sentences build the argument/position
presented in the topic sentence
References
A grade
– Text books
– Journals
– WTO/UN
– ABS etc
– University publications
B grade
– Hays consulting
– Delloites/Andersons/PWC
– BBC/PBS/ABC – quality news
C grade
– Company websites
– General news
– Blogs
F grade
– Web
– Wikis etc
Quality checks
THE REFERENCE LIST
• Consider your reference list carefully
• It is a reflection of what you have put into the
article. It is like a computer: garbage in –
garbage out
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