Smart Choices: Pr-assignment
Part (A):
Personal decision:
Some years ago, I was studying engineering PHD in a university in London. I took the advantage of a scholarship which I had tried hard to achieve it, so it was too important to me, though I didn’t like the field much. In one year after the course, I received a great job offer from a reputable company which would help me to gain very good experience in international management but it was unrelated to my PHD education field. So I had to take one of the most important decisions in my future career: Should I reject the special job opportunity, which may not be repeated again later? Should I ignore my valuable scholarship and one year of my education?
First, I tried to consult with my
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Some alternatives are real, others are assumed. You can often find ways around real constraints”: Since my decision was to choose between accepting the job proposal or to continue my education, as per my 3rd and 4th alternatives, I think I did my best to keep both valuable opportunities but I could challenge neither the employer nor the university.
• “Do your own thinking first, and then ask others for suggestions. Before consulting others about alternatives, give your own mind free rein”: since this decision could affect my future business life enormously, I had first talked to my family and some of my trusted friends to collect their ideas first. Most of them were 50-50 about the whole idea and I couldn’t to reach any conclusion. Then I tried to think by myself and I decided by my own at the end. Here I did in contrast to the book suggestion, although I didn’t affect my final decision.
• “Create alternatives first, evaluate them later”: I almost did the same. I considered the entire alternative I had in mind and then tried to evaluate those and choose the best possible one.
• “Never stop looking for alternatives”: I considered just 4 listed above alternatives. I answered the questions in “know when to quit looking” section on pages 60-61 and the all answers were
Many times in life, people get put into situations in which they have to make some kind of solution to a problem that they are faced with. One example of this is when I was faced with the choice to either call the police or not when I spotted shoplifting in Washington D.C. just the other day. I was just standing there, when I noticed two women scooping stuff into their giant purses and then they ran out of a store. I was in so much shock that I couldn’t say anything; although after the incident happened, I had the choice of either calling the police or not. In relation, there are two texts in this section that deal with people that have to make a choice on making a solution to a problem. In the text, Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, the speaker is faced with the decision to shoot and kill a rampaging elephant. In the text, No Witchcraft for Sale, by Doris Lessing, the character Gideon is faced with the decision on whether to give the white scientists his medicinal theories that saved a boy from going blind. In both of the texts, Shooting an Elephant, and No Witchcraft for Sale, the solutions are either good or bad.
2. Alterative Solutions – Before this class when faced with a problem I would usually go with the first solution that seemed to fix the situation. However, establishing specific evaluation criteria is essential when valuing the merits of a potential solution. If a solution does not fit the criteria, it will not be successful. Judging alternatives through the same criteria allows you to produces the optimal solution and eliminate awful ones. When facing a strategic problem this process will be fundamental in making a
In this case study, Laura and Danny have had significant changes in their lives. Laura has now left with the children and planning on moving with them to El Paso, Texas in a month. She has also filed for divorce from Danny. While Laura is making positive improvements to her life she is still concerned for Danny. She goes to collect what’s left of her belongings when she finds Danny in a state of panic. Danny has let himself go at this point. He started consuming alcohol, has not found a job, and is living with no electricity. Kid decides to pay Danny and Laura a visit and he quickly realizes Danny is in trouble. Danny begs for Kid’s assistance in order to help him start a new life. Danny is worried that he will end up alone and homeless
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Lastly, if you are stuck in a decision, create some rules in your life - or in that specific area of life - that will help you make decisions much easier. When you have rules in place, indecisiveness will be much less
In this step, you draw on your information and emotions to imagine what it would be like if you carried out each of the alternatives to the end. You must evaluate whether the need identified in Step 1 would be helped or solved through the use of each alternative. In going through this difficult internal process, you begin to favor certain alternatives which appear to have higher potential for reaching your goal. Eventually you are able to place the alternatives in priority order, based upon your own value system. I believe this is where I lost my way. I compromised my value system and became a “yes
Step 4: Examine and categorize the alternatives. Identify those that are consistent and inconsistent with your personal values.
Pickert, Kate. “What Choice?.” Time 181.1 (2013): 40. MAS Ultra – School Edition. Web. 5
Humans live in a world in which every day they encounter numerous choices. The way they decide and the outcomes of their decisions define their lives. Their day to day life essentially revolves around the choices they make. As a whole, a community benefits or suffers from the outcomes of its choices. Freedom of choice is the grant to an individual or community to make its own choices out of free will and without restrictions (Pereboom,2003). This is essay will discuss that though freedom choice leads to variety in life, it does not necessarily guarantee satisfaction. It will also argue that although some choice is undoubtedly better than none, more is not always better than less. It will then consider the implications of the paradox of choice for individuals in the market place and education, and for society in politics.
Spencer Johnson’s book, “Yes” or “No”; The Guide to Better Decisions gave a great perspective on how to make better decisions. By following the two-part journey to arrive at a better decision, any life choice can be effortlessly and hastily solved. From the choices we make more often like our attitude and health choices, to our deeper choices like our spiritual and relationship choices, simply analyzing what we need vs. what we want and asking ourselves a practical vs. personal question can save a lot of time in the long run by allowing you to completely ignore making the wrong decision and dealing with its consequences. Understanding the messages and principles given in this book can make the entire process a natural process and lead to making even a good decision maker, the best decision
"In the day to day business of organizational life, decision making is seldom the logical, rational, systematic process suggested by the management textbooks. It does not unfold in identifiable stages where a problem is defined, alternative solutions are generated, the alternatives are weighed against a known criterion, and a choice is made (1998, p. 50)."
Rational choice theory, developed by Ronald Clarke and Derek Cornish in 1985, is a revival of Cesare Becca...
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I took long time to think before making any type of decision. Taking time to think always help me to make a right decision. I am optimistic, so never believe in failure.
Everyone likes shopping, but everyone has their own way of spending when they go shopping. I love shopping, but I hate being at the mall, if I don’t need to be there then I won’t be there. I’ve noticed that when I have money, I do not buy anything, and when I do not have money I want everything I see. From my experience I’ve observed that there are people who shop smart, people who are just plain addicted to shopping, people who join another person while shopping, basically called window watchers.