1- Identify a public organization that you are familiar with. Think of a time the organization (or a subunit within the organization, such as a department, a team, a task force and etc.) needs to make a difficult decision. Describe how the decision is made. Choose a decision-making approach that is related to the decision-making process in your example, and explain how they are related. Please apply the course material to discuss the pros and cons of the decision-making process in your example, and provide your suggestions to further improve the organization’s decision-making quality.
2- Address the following in your response:
Provide a brief description of the organization you are analyzing.
Describe the decision-making process. To provide a comprehensive description, please consider the following questions: What is this decision about? What goal does it want to achieve? Who are engaged in the decision-making process? Who defines the goal? Are all the major stakeholders invited to the discussion? What information is needed? Is all the needed information collected? Is there any discussion about the values or priorities during the process?
Analyze how the decision-making process in your example relates to one of the decision-making approaches in this week’s readings. Which decision-making approach is your example similar to and why?
From your perspective, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the decision-making process in your example? Identify at least one strength and one weakness.
Please provide two suggestions to improve the organization’s decision-making quality and explain why.
3- Format your paper and references according to APA guidelines. Provide at least FOUR references in APA citation style. Writing should be clear, well-organized, and contain minimal grammatical errors.