Leading in Times of Disaster
MacGregor Burns (1979) described how “The decision-making leader responds to unexpected events by analysis of the relevant facts and reassessment of ends and means” (p. 408). Select a disaster; this could be a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or flood, or a recent business failure caused by individuals that has made news headlines. From a strategic leadership perspective, address the following:
- Describe the steps you would take in evaluating the decisions to be made in this situation.
- Explore whether or not you would use prescriptive or descriptive decision making.
- Explain your reasoning for the type of decision making you selected.
- Evaluate the critical thinking skills you think are necessary to make this decision.
The focus here is on your ability to describe the steps you would take in the decision-making process, rather than on the actual decision you would make.
Assignment Requirements:
Your well-crafted presentation, must include 8 slides (not including title and reference pages which you must include)
Include audio, and be 3-5 minutes in length. Please include six references, at least four being scholarly/peer-reviewed. You may use the readings in the module; however, you must include two additional sources. you can do a PowerPoint presentation with narration.
Chapter 1 in Judgment in Managerial Decision Making
Aritz, J., Walker, R., Cardon, P., & Zhang, L. (2017). Discourse of leadership: The power of questions in organizational decision making. International Journal of Business Communication, 54(2), 161-181. (To view this reading, please open the link provided and download the “PDF full text.”)
Hoyt, C., & Price, T. (2015). Ethical decision making and leadership: Merging social role and self-construal perspectives. Journal of Business, 126(4), 531-539.
Reiche, B., Bird, A., Mendenhall, M., & Osland, J. (2017). Contextualizing leadership: a typology of global leadership roles. Journal of International Business Studies, 48(5), 552-572.
Wernz, C., Gehrke, I., & Ball, D. (2015). Managerial decision making in hospitals with real options analysis. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 13(4), 673-691.
Burns, J. (1979). Two excerpts from leadership. Educational Leadership, 36(6), 380. (To view this reading, please open the link provided and download the “PDF full text.”)
Bazerman, M. H., & Moore, D. A. (2013). Judgment in managerial decision making (8th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
Burns, J. (1979). Two excerpts from leadership. Educational Leadership, 36(6), 380.
Butterfield, J. (2013). Problem solving and decision making (2nd ed.). Independence, KY: Cengage Publishers.
Daft, R. L. (2012). Management (10th ed.). Independence, KY: Cengage Publishers.
De Cremer, D., van Dick, R., Tenbrunsel, A., Pillutla, M., & Murnighan, J. (2011). Understanding ethical behavior and decision making in management: A behavioural business ethics approach. British Journal of Management, 22,S1-S4. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00733.x
Heuristic (2017). Oxford Dictionary. Retrieved from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/heuristic