Chapter 10, Problem 9QP

Impact of Decision Making Style- Consider your decision-making style. To what extent do you think your decision-making style had an impact on the biases (or lack thereof) you exhibited?

Please original work Background information: There are four primary phases that this process goes through: Information phase: Define the problem Speculation phase: Generate ideas that could work Evaluation and analysis phase: Analyze the ideas based on cost, feasibility, and goal attainment potential Evaluation and analysis phase: Analyze the ideas based on cost, feasibility, and goal attainment potential Background information: Director of Innovation and Business Opportunities you have identified a potential acquisition for your Consulting Management firm. Compose a report that will be given to your CEO evaluating this candidate based on the four phases identified above. Identify the type of business you are recommending, i.e. the industry(s) it operates in. (Types of business: Cloud Computing & IT Infrastructure) Describe the types of information that would be required at each phase for the type of business you are pursuing. Describe any potential red flags that there might be…

Please original work Background information: Mergers and acquisitions are inherently risky. No matter how much due diligence you do, it is still possible to miss critical success factors that might lead to the failure of the proposed merger or acquisition.find a merger/acquisition that has produced less than satisfactory results (Sprint and Nextel).  Report on the organizations involved and talk about the nature of the merger or acquisition and the resulting failure or near failure of the transaction.   Were there obvious red flags that were missed? What would you have done differently? Please cite in text references and add weblinks

Please original work Talk about the critical steps that must be taken in order to effectively cascade the balanced scorecard.   Provide a real-life example of an organization that has done this effectively (H-E-B grocery store or Walmart), or alternatively, provide a real-life example of an organization that attempted to cascade a balanced scorecard but did not have a good result.  Why. Please cite in text references and add weblinks

Please original work What does “influencing” mean to you? Talk about how a leader can effectively influence and include all employees in the balances scorecard development process. What is one specific way your current supervisor or a previous supervisor has included you in high-level strategic discussions? What were the results? Please cite in text references and add weblinks

Dubai man-made islands should reflect your analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of the case.

Dubai man-made island projects Should the risk events have been identified in the beginning by practicing sound quality control? Explain why or why not with details.

Explain why a Dubai man-made island project manager, or any stakeholder, should include uncertainty outcomes in their risk management practices.

Dubai man-made islands What would be your quality assurance recommendations for such projects in the future based on the project in this case?