SEU Management Decision Making and Problem Solving Worksheet

Description

Abdullah Alarifi, has completed his Masters in Business. Abdullahs is passionate about driving and racing car. Another hobby of Abdullah is body cooking international cuisine. His father has a Arabian restaurant in Riyadh. His mother running a beauty salon, while brother has a car rental service.

After MBA Abdullah is planning for his future. He wanted to earn money. He started thinking about how he can start his professional life. He doesnt want to do any job. He want to do business but how and what business?

Abdullah is confused about what kind of business should he start, traditional or e-commerce? Though his family is running a traditional business, Abdullah has heard and learnt lots about the e-Business and e-marketing.The question he need to deal with whether he should join his fathers or brothers business or he should do his own.He is also considering the financial aspects. Should he take from father? Or bank or other sources such as partnership, etc.

Therefore, this is a question with no easy solution. Considering the above situation prepare a Decision Making and Problem Solving Worksheet answering the following question:

Step 1: Defining and Clarifying the Question (1 Mark)

Step 2: Develop mind mapping for the alternative (2 Marks)

Step 3: Generating Alternatives (1 Mark)

Step 4: Variables to consider (1 Mark)

Step 5: Weighing the considerations (2 Mark)

You may notice that the variables to consider are not of equal importance. Therefore, you need to weigh how important each variable is before you make your decision. In this activity, the following rating scale can be used:

5	Very important
4	Considerably important
3	Neither important nor unimportant
2	Not very important
1	Not important at all

Step 6: Weighing the alternatives (2 mark)

When weighing the various alternatives, how well each alternative fulfills the variables to consider can be expressed as scores. A different rating scale will be used to assess each alternative:

+2 very suitable

+1 quite suitable

0 neither suitable nor unsuitable

-1 not quite suitable

-2 not suitable at all

Note: Positive numbers (+2 or +1) indicate that the alternative is able to fulfill the variables, whereas negative numbers (-2 or -1) denote the opposite.

Step 7: Calculating a decision and Overall assessment (1 mark)

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