E learning- Grace

1) What decision-making approach is your colleague recommending?
(2) Is this recommendation a good idea in this situation?
(3) Why or why not?

Question 1)It would be the rational choice paradigm of decision making.

Question 2) yes it is, because firstly, it allows the group to recognize opportunities during the process. This allow groups to feel more positive towards it, and may fill that there are lots of areas for them to explore, hence it may encourage them and let their mind run wild.It also aims directly at the problem and look at the big picture first, hence preventing them from hanging there at the problem and not moving forward.


However, it seems like a too perfect to be true.For the 4th step, by choosing one with the most favourable outcome, it doesn't mean that it will work best in that context of the problem. It may also be something that the group are not interested at all to explore. It may seems favourable from a bird's eye view, but it they dwell further, it may not be.

Moreover, Decision making in a group of complex human beings who have their own beliefs and values are very difficult. Everyone has different needs + viewpoints and deciding on one concensus agency would definitely take a long time. By exploring all travel agencys, there would all die of exhaustion. Moreover, which company are willing to provide you with information that are really true when they want themselves to make business? It will be very difficult to come up to a conclusion too.In addition, they are just assumptions and often then not, they limit the groups perception and awareness. It will also cause them to close their gate on looking at things in a bigger picture once a decision is made!

Although, it is good in ensuring that the group are moving towards the desire outcome for the company, however,along the process of making the decision, they may waive off from making a soundly decision.

Therefore,the group must move from being descriptive and subjective to prescriptive which requires well developed theories and methods of decision-making .


Grace