Critical Thinking Question 2

1) The colleague is recommending the rational choice paradigm decision-making approach.

2)This recommendation is good and ideal for the organisation, however it does have its pros and cons.
Firstly, the pros of this recommendation, is that the company would be able to save a lot of cost. Following this recommendation, the company would be able to evaluate the different travel agencies and see which would best suit the needs of the company and be the most cost efficient, which could possibly save the company a lot of money. The company could also analyse and review its employees’ needs and which travel agency is best suited to that. This would mean that the employees would be able to do their jobs more efficiently, thereby increasing the company’s productivity and profit.


On the other hand, what the colleague is suggesting is to list down all the factors of each agency, of which there are many, and then weigh them. One, there are a lot factors to consider for each travel agency and how it would meet the individual employee’s needs. There might be an oversight of certain factors in relation to certain jobs. This might actually make these employees jobs harder, and may decrease their work productivity and the company’s profit Two, the weight of factors is very subjective, as different jobs require different needs. Thus certain jobs might place more importance on a certain factor which is vital to carrying out their job, while others might place more importance on another factor. It is not very practical to evaluate factors of each travel agencies to fit the individual needs of over 2000 employees.

Overall, I feel that this recommendation is good and may even be ideal for the organisation, in terms of cost saving. However, to implement it is hard, as there are too many factors to consider when trying to meet the needs of different jobs in the organisation. Therefore it is a good recommendation, only if the company is able to implement it efficiently, otherwise it might do the company more harm than good.

Bryan