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This schedule provides a general plan for the semester and deviations may be necessary. I will updatethe course website schedule with any changes or additions. [SCHEDULE UPDATED 10/01/09]

Date Description Assigned Readings & Cases Due

8/17 Course Introduction

8/19 Overview of Managerial DecisionMaking & Problem Solving

Expanding the Search forAlternatives, Nutt

Student Information

8/24 Ethical Decision Making Managing to be Ethical,Trevino & Brown

8/26 Decision Making Approaches Apollo 13

8/31 Decision Making Approaches The Bay of Pigs

A Perfect Failure: the Bay ofPigs, Janis

Intelligence 9/02 Individual Heuristics & Biases Hidden Traps in Decision

Making, Hammond, et al9/07 Labor Day

9/09 Test #1

9/14 Group Heuristics & BiasesAbilene Paradox

Notes on RationalArgumentation, Esch

9/16 Group Think Pajama Talk

9/21 CLASS CANCELLED

9/23 CLASS CANCELLED

9/28 Participation: Vroom-JagoMethodology

The Mathers, Part 1Pajama Talk (discussed)

9/30 Problem Definition Bills Decision

10/05 Objectives Selecting a Primary SchoolThe Mathers, Part 2

10/07 Root Causes: Kepner & TregoeMethodology

The Leaking Soybean FilterThe Burred Panels

The Spoiled Butterfat

10/12 Kepner Trego, applied Test #2 DUE

10/14 Group ProjectNominal Group ExerciseRound Robin session 1: Decision statement Objectives Group Discussion

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Date Description Assigned Readings & Cases Due

Design10/19 Generating Alternatives The Mathers, Part 3

10/21 Group Project :Nominal Group ExerciseRound Robin session 2: Alternatives

Private Time2

10/26 Consequences of Alternatives

10/28 Group Project :Create Consequence Matrix

10/30 11/10

Delphi Techniques:Importance & AchievementScores

Delphi ScoringIterations 1, 2, 3

11/02 Test #3

Choice11/04 Making the Tradeoffs:

Even-Swaps & Weighted-Sum Delphi Methods

Even Swaps, Hammond et al

11/09 Uncertainty & Risk Understanding Uncertainty Risk Profiles

Janets Summer Party

11/11 Group Project:Finalize Importance & AchievementScores

Implementation11/16 Risk Tolerance / Desirability

11/18 Group Project:Create Risk Profile & RiskDesirability Matrices

Private Time3

11/23 Implementation & Counter-

Implementation

11/24 11/29

Thanksgiving

11/30 Project Management Final ProjectsTeam Assessment

12/02 Test #4