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Mba ZG535 Course Handout
Mba ZG535 Course Handout
Version No Rev 7
Date 26-Jul-2023
COURSE OBJECTIVES
We make decisions every day. Some decisions are routine but some have a profound impact on our
life. Gaining competency in such a vital subject is highly desirable both for personal and professional
wellbeing. The objective of this course is to provide an opportunity to gain this mastery: to be able to
achieve clarity of action in making any decision on which we focus our attention.
TEXT BOOKS:
R5 James Surowiecki, The wisdom of crowds, Little Brown Book Group, Mar-2005.
R6 J Edward Russo and Paul J.H. Schoemaker., Decision Traps – The Ten Barriers to
Brilliant Decision-Making And How To Overcome Them, Fireside Simon &
Schuster Inc., 1st edition., 1990.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
# Learning Outcomes
Explain the fundamentals of decision making process and define the quality of a
LO1
decision.
LO2 Relate to the cognitive biases and interpret one’s decision objectively.
LO5 Select appropriate decision making tool and apply it in a given situation.
3. Case study: Columbia space shuttle disaster, Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis
Contact sessions: Students should attend the online lectures as per the schedule provided on the
Elearn portal.
Evaluation Guidelines:
1. EC-1 consists of either two Assignments or three Quizzes. Students will attempt them through
the course pages on the Elearn portal. Announcements will be made on the portal, in a timely
manner.
2. For Open Book exams: Use of books and any printed / written reference material (filed or
bound) is permitted. Use of calculators is permitted in all exams. Mobiles of any kind are not
allowed.
3. Students need to type in the answers in the online exam platform. Handwritten/ Scanned
answers are not permitted.
It shall be the responsibility of the individual student to be regular in maintaining the self study
schedule as given in the course handout, attend the online lectures, and take all the prescribed
evaluation components such as Assignment/Quiz, Mid-Semester Test and Comprehensive Exam
according to the evaluation scheme provided in the handout.