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5 pages 12 pt font double spaced. Cite references. Analyze the Russian Decision to annex Crimea utilizing formal academic decision making processes.The following is meant to be a guide for your research, not a rigid checklist. 1.Type of decision: Computational Judgemental Compromise Inspirational Was the decision routinte or non-routine 2.The scope of the decision should determine if the decision was Individual Group 3.Were there forces affecting the decision?If so, were they: Internal External 4.What kind of decision was it? Rational Non- Rational 5.Were the objectives of the decision Attainable? Fixed? Limited? Dynamic? 6.Was the decision bounded? If so, How? 7.Were there adequate amounts of informationavailable and where they Limited? Unlimited? 8.What was the type of decision making model used to arrive at the decision? Rational Organizational Process Political 9.What type of outcome did the decision achieve? Maximum Satisfactory Acceptable Was the outcome successful or unsuccessful? .
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2. It describes an activity where groups must decide which three objects to bring in an emergency evacuation scenario.
3. It outlines an 8-step decision making scheme involving setting a goal, defining the problem, gathering facts, brainstorming possibilities, evaluating alternatives, choosing a solution, creating an implementation plan, and determining if the goal was achieved.
4. It discusses decision making in groups, including advantages, potential quality-lowering factors, and processes that
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The document discusses decision making, including definitions, theories, approaches, procedures, strategies, and implications for education. It defines decision making as identifying and choosing the best option from alternatives. Common decision types include yes/no, choice selection, and contingent decisions based on conditions. Theories discussed include normative and descriptive decision theory, causal decision theory, evidential decision theory, game theory, and Bayesian theory. Key approaches are authoritarian, group-based, and automated systems. Good decision making follows procedures like generating alternatives and evaluating them before selecting the best option. Strategies include optimizing, satisficing, maximax, and maximin. Bad decisions can result from lack of alternatives, information, or evaluation. The document stresses the importance
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The document discusses various aspects of decision making including:
1. It defines decision making as the process of choosing between alternatives to achieve a goal, and lists some major factors that affect decision making such as prejudice, personal habits, risk and uncertainty, information inputs, and social/cultural influences.
2. It describes different types of decisions like individual decisions which can be people-oriented or task-oriented, and group decisions which can use techniques like brainstorming, Delphi method, or nominal group technique.
3. It emphasizes the importance of decision making in achieving objectives, dealing with problems, and increasing efficiency. The decision making process involves identifying the problem, criteria, alternatives, analyzing alternatives, selecting an
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Closed-Minded Open to New Experiences
Disorganized Conscientious
Introverted Extraverted
Disagreeable Agreeable
Calm / Relaxed Nervous / High-Strung
What aspects of personality does this tell me about?
There has been much research on how people describe others, and five major dimensions of human personality have been found. They are often referred to as the
OCEAN model of personality, because of the acronym from the names of the five dimensions. Here are your results:
Open-Mindedness
High scorers tend to be original, creative, curious, complex; Low scorers tend to be conventional, down to earth, narrow interests, uncreative.
You enjoy having novel experiences and seeing things in new ways. (Your percentile: 81)
Conscientiousness
High scorers tend to be reliable, well-organized, self-disciplined, careful; Low scorers tend to be disorganized, undependable, negligent.
You are very well-organized, and can be relied upon. (Your percentile: 99)
Extraversion
High scorers tend to be sociable, friendly, fun loving, talkative; Low scorers tend to be introverted, reserved, inhibited, quiet.
You are extremely outgoing, social, and energetic. (Your percentile: 98)
Agreeableness
High scorers tend to be good natured, sympathetic, forgiving, courteous; Low scorers tend to be critical, rude, harsh, callous.
You are good-natured, courteous, and supportive. (Your percentile: 98)
Negative Emotionality
High scorers tend to be nervous, high-strung, insecure, worrying; Low scorers tend to be calm, relaxed, secure, hardy.
You probably remain calm, even in tense situations. (Your percentile: 19)
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What is the “Big Five”?
Personality psychologists are interested in what differentiates one person from another and why we behave the way that we do. Personality research, like any science,
relies on quantifiable concrete data which can be used to examine what people are like. This is where the Big Five plays an important role.
The Big Five was originally derived in the 1970's by two independent research teams -- Paul Costa and Robert McCrae (at the National Institutes of Health), and
Warren Norman (at the University of Michigan)/Lewis Goldberg (at the University of Oregon) -- who took slightly different routes at arriving at the same results: most
human personality traits can be boiled down to five broad dimensions of personality, regardless of language or culture. These five dimensions were derived by asking
thousands of people hundreds of questions and then analyzing the data with a statistical procedure known as factor analysis. It is important to realize that the
researchers did not set out to find five dimensions, but that five dimensions emerged from their analyses of the data. I ...
Dicision Making - Business Admintration Class
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1) The rational decision making model involves identifying problems, criteria, alternatives, and selecting the optimal alternative.
2) Decision making involves varying degrees of certainty, risk, and uncertainty depending on how much is known about outcomes.
3) Bounded rationality recognizes that people have limited cognitive abilities and use heuristics and "satisficing" to make feasible rather than optimal decisions.
4) Well-structured problems have clear solutions while poorly structured problems are complex with ambiguity.
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Bleakley, Paul. (2019). A Thin-Slice of Institutionalised Police Brutality: A Tradition of Excessive Force in the Chicago Police Department. Criminal Law Forum. 30. 10.1007/s10609-019-09378-6.
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How are microbes classified? Discuss at least two (bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, parasitic worms (helminthes), or arthropods). Include:
The categories
The criteria used to place organisms in categories (morphology, staining, growth, nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, serology, phage typing, or protein profiles.
Why are viruses not classified?
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The formation of the Germ Theory was important in moving scientists toward solving the problem of many diseases. Several individuals played a role in the development of this theory. Describe two experiments that led to the Germ Theory.
a. Spontaneous generation
b. Contributions of Louis Pasteur
c. Contributions of Robert Koch
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