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COURSE MATERIAL TO BE USED IN RESPONSES. PLEASE USE ATLEAST TWO REFERENCES IN BOTH RESPONSES WITH THE IN TEXT CITATIONS AND REFERENCES IN RESPONSES.

Homework assignment. Respond to two discussion post by fellow classmate. Use only class materials in your responses. Responses must be in third person. All responses to your classmates must have support from the class material, PROVIDED BELOW. This means any and all opinions, facts or conclusions must show support from the weekly class materials and/or case study facts, PROVIDED BELOW. APA in text citations, reference list and sound writing mechanics are required.

Original question

Using the class material, debate the truth of the statement made in Theme #1: 

A Good Decision depends on how the decision is made, not the outcome.

Be sure to include in the answer the definition of a good decision and why the decision outcome is not the important measure of a good decision.

******My homework is to provide a response to this student answer to this question, Response must have in text citations AND references from the course material below ****** 

Matthew LAZAR   Student Answer/Post: Decisions can be a conundrum for many people.  Options may abound, but which option to choose can stifle the most intelligent of minds when a decision-making process is absent.  Society – our family, jobs, and school – tells us that results generally define a good decision.  If a student receives a high grade on a paper, it will often be assumed that they made a good decision to study and put lots of time into getting that paper perfect.  What if the student didn’t study at all though?  What if the student paid a friend who had taken the course in the past to write the paper?  Was the decision still good?  Is crossing the ethical boundary of academic integrity a good decision?  There wouldn’t be rules in every school in the country against it, if it was good.  Therefore, it cannot be assumed that a good outcome was the result of a good decision. 

So if the outcome doesn’t define whether a good decision is made or not, what does?  The focus must be moved away from what the “problem” is, and shifted to what the “process” should be (Roberto, 2005).  Taking the student and their paper example, the problem is that they need a good grade on this paper to pass the class.  If they look solely at the problem, having someone write it could solve that problem, but that is a poor decision.  If the student focused on the process, they would see that they need to find a relevant topic, research and decide on a few good sources, dedicate time to write, and so on.  That process is good, because it is the process needed to write a well-written paper.  Will the student receive a better grade going through the “process” than they would if they had their friend write it?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  The outcome is unknown, but the decision was good.

Don’t people want the best, or at least good, outcomes though?  Of course they do.  So what then is the benefit of focusing on the decision making process versus focusing on the desired outcome?  De Reyck and Degraeve surmise that having a process for decision making transforms how one is held accountable, and also… helps develop a better and better process (2010)!  When the outcome is the focus, it can become passively acceptable to skirt – even break – rules or laws.  When the process for making the decision is the focus, there shouldn’t be a need to worry about breaking any rules or laws.  And the more the process is used, the better it will likely become, meaning results will likely get better as the decision maker becomes better at the process. 

Having a good decision process, even if the outcome is unfavorable, has other benefits that may be considered the “intangibles”.  People want to make good decisions, and people want to have something that’s systematic and replicable (Boss, 2015).  If an organization adopts processes for decision making, and doesn’t make the outcome the focus, the pressure employees feel to “get results” is removed, or lifted substantially.  Adopting good decision making processes can change the entire culture of an organization.  No more would employees have to wonder if they made a good decision.  They will know it, regardless of what the outcome will be.

******My homework is to provide a response to this student answer to this question, Response must have in text citations AND references from the course material below ****** 

Kali ImkerStudent Answer/Post:The definition of decision making is, the action or process of making decisions, especially important ones. Although this discussion asked for the definition of a "good decision", I believe that the definition could vary in different situations. After reading the course material given to us, I came to the conclusion that the saying "A good decision depends on how the decision is made, not the outcome" means that how you get the solution of the outcome is the important part. Making a decision can happen in many ways, when you get different voices and ideas from other people to narrow the possibilities down to the best one that fits is a way to get a "good decision". Some managers don't like the confrontation from other people when they think they have the right decision in mind, which could potentially lead to the wrong decision. If you make a decision without thinking about "how" you can get a good decision, you are more than likely going to have a failed decision on the outcome. Brainstorming is one of the key elements to get a "good decision", without brainstorming and exploring different ways to receive an ethical and good outcome, the decision could backfire. 

COURSE MATERIAL TO BE USED FOR RESPONSES, PLEASE PROVIDE IN TEXT CITATIONS, AND REFERENCES WITH THE WEB ADDRESS

https://www.london.edu/lbsr/more-important-than-results?display=expanded#.VZsVibvD_b0

https://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/why-making-the-decisions-the-right-way-is-more-important-than-making-the-right-decisions/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-behind-behavior/201707/what-is-good-decision

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/250175