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With your analysis complete, prepare a brief summary in which you relate the components of ethics, legality, and fairness in decision making. How does effective organizational communication support ethical and legal decision making that one would also deem fair? Is it always possible to make a fair decision based on the necessary ethical and legal implications? Why or why not? Support your paper with a minimum of two scholarly resources. I ...

Other / Other 19 Jan 2017

Prepare a paper that summarizes the Steinkuhler et. al. (2014) study and its findings.  Include an explanation of the following phenomena described in the article: self-justification, selective perception, sunk cost effect, and over-optimism.  Then, select one of these four phenomena and describe its applicability to a real management decision that you have encountered or that you find through additional research. The management decision se ...

Other / Other 09 Jan 2017

Since last week’s presentation was so successful, the Human Resources Department of a corporation has asked you to prepare another managerial training module related to decision-making.  In this PowerPoint presentation, provide a 1-2 slide summary of each of the following: Bounded Awareness Framing Reversal of Preferences To conclude your presentation, prepare 4-6 slides that summarize the experiments and findings of the Shaffer and ...

Other / Other 05 Jan 2017

The Human Resources Department of a corporation is preparing a series of training modules for its managers.  You have been asked to prepare one of these modules.  Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to address three learning objectives for your intended audience: Explain the difference between System 1 and System 2 Thinking. Demonstrate the application of the six basic steps in the rational decision process of System 2 Thinking as outline ...

Other / Other 27 Dec 2016

These week focuses on correlation and regression. When viewing a set of data is it possible to determine if there is a correlation based on the shape of the data when graphed. If it is possible to detect a correlation by looking at the graphed data can you also determine if it is a positive or negative correlation? If so, what would you look for in the graphed data to determine the direction of the correlation? This an Analytical Tools discuss ...

Other / Other 02 Feb 2016

Linear correlations and regression analysis are similar but there are differences. Discuss the similarities and differences between these two statistical tests. Provide an example of a question that you would answer with a correlation and a question that you would answer with regression analysis. This is an Analytical Tools final discussion question. This is due on Friday, February, 19, 2016. ...

Other / Other 02 Feb 2016

Find a magazine, newspaper, or journal article that uses a confidence interval for a mean or a proportion. Share a summary of the analysis with the class. This is an Analytical Tools discussion question. This assignment is due next Wednesday, February 10, 2016. ...

Other / Other 02 Feb 2016

Some statisticians have argued that hypothesis tests of means and proportions should be taken out of the introductory statistics course because confidence intervals are much more important and useful in practice. They even argue that in practice one should almost always do a confidence interval instead of a hypothesis test. Discuss the relationship between confidence intervals and hypothesis tests and whether the idea of not teaching hypothesis t ...

Other / Other 02 Feb 2016

Think of a business place scenario that fits the criteria of a Binomial distribution. Explain the scenario and solve a related probability question. This is Analytical Tools discussion question. This is due on Friday. ...

Other / Other 24 Jan 2016

A game show contestant is presented with three closed doors. Behind one of the three doors is a new car, behind the other two, five pounds of dirty socks. The contestant is asked to select one of the three doors. The game show host then opens one of the two unselected doors to reveal socks and gives the contestant the option of switching their choice to the other closed door. If you know the host will always reveal a losing door and will always g ...

Other / Other 24 Jan 2016