Decision Making Skills

Tutor-Marked Assignment 1
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Unit 3 : Deciding and Solving the Problem

Unit 4 : Group Decision Making
25% of the total grade
23 April 2015
Estimated word
Question 1: 350-700 words
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Question 2: 350-700 words
Question 3: 450-800 words
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Times New Roman (12 point),

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References and
Chicago Manual Style or APA
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Question 1:
Discuss with relevant examples the FIVE (5) guidelines in analysing problems strategically.
(30 marks)
Question 2:
Discuss how to change the possibility of success into a much higher controlled probability of
success with relevant examples in managing risk effectively.
(30 marks)
Question 3:
As the group leader, discuss with relevant examples how you can utilise the TWO (2)
techniques below to ensure that everyone in your team has the opportunity to contribute to the
final decision:
1. The Stepladder Technique
2. The Delphi Method
(40 marks)

It is important for you to cite and quote references appropriately. Remember to list your references in
on the References section at the end of your writing. You should also use references when you do
in-text citations in your answer. You must have at least 3 references for each question. Use the
Chicago Manual Style (CMS) or APA Style of referencing. You may refer to
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
http://woulibrary.wou.edu.my/library/requesting_citguide_APA.aspx. All the best!