Practical Management Science
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Which of these situations would require a manager to step into a decision role?
- a. Gathering better feedback from customers
- Improving communication with distributors
- Resolving a conflict between two employees
- Improving productivity and efficiency
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- CHOICE MAKING 2. What should you do if a person makes only neutral actions in response to an item you offer? Leave the item for them to take later. Help them touch or sample the item. Put the item away and offer something else. Make a choice on their behalf.arrow_forwardAn Integrated Version of The McKinsey 7s Change Model What Issue? Suspected issue: Difficulty adapting to new technologies How I intend to use it Gather information about the organization Analyze the information Identify areas for improvement Develop a plan of action Implement the plan Evaluate the resultsarrow_forwardRespond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: Your best friend has just come up with an idea for a new product for killing the weeds in his yard. It’s a 4-foot-long pole with an electric Taser at the end that you touch to a weed. You pull a trigger, and the Taser electrocutes the weed. The weed dies and disappears within a week. Pretty cool! Your buddy has found a manufacturer for his taser poles and is in the process of taking out a $50,000 loan against his house to start manufacturing. To support your friend, you suggest fleshing out the consumer benefit of the product. Explain the purpose of focusing on consumer benefit. Suggest some options of what the consumer benefit for this product might look like.arrow_forward
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