.wsu.edu/webapps/assignment/uploadAssignment?content_id=_769568_1&course_id=_78116_1&assign_group_id=&mode=view”>Decision Making: Pinto Case
For this unit, you
will complete a team project based on the Pinto Fire case. Please use the
“First Team Assignment” discussion forum to discuss any and all
details of this first team project (e.g. organization of the paper, task
assignment among team members, deadlines for task completion, etc) with your
sub-team members. Suppose you are a member of a review team tasked with the
responsibility to analyze Fords decision-making process and to make
recommendations for change to prevent further recall disasters. Write a report,
mainly using concepts you learned from the textbook for this unit (use the Case
Study as extra material for this assignment), to answer the following
questions:
1. Identify specific
decision-making biases which contributed to the flawed decision to produce the
Pinto and not recall it.
2. Describe
communication errors and identify sources of noise which hindered decision
makers.
3. What ethical
considerations were overlooked in the decision? Do you think the decision
makers were unethical? Explain.
4. Did the team fall
prey to groupthink? Explain.
5. Make
recommendations on changes that should be made to prevent this type of scenario
from repeating itself. I will give you considerable latitude here. I know that
we do not know much about the internal workings of Ford so it would be hard to
know if the recommendations are practical or feasible. Try to be reasonable.
6. While your team
may or may not agree with the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility,
please incorporate your ideas for CSR that Ford Managers could have incorporated
in their decision making process. Do not make this a major focus or your
report. It can be a minor section (1 small paragraph) or a larger section (if
you are a proponent).
Format Instructions
8 pages, double spaced, with a normal
12-point font and 1-inch margins. You must also include citations and a
reference page. Grammar and spelling count..wsu.edu/webapps/assignment/uploadAssignment?content_id=_769568_1&course_id=_78116_1&assign_group_id=&mode=view”>Decision Making: Pinto CaseFor this unit, you
will complete a team project based on the Pinto Fire case. Please use the
“First Team Assignment” discussion forum to discuss any and all
details of this first team project (e.g. organization of the paper, task
assignment among team members, deadlines for task completion, etc) with your
sub-team members. Suppose you are a member of a review team tasked with the
responsibility to analyze Fords decision-making process and to make
recommendations for change to prevent further recall disasters. Write a report,
mainly using concepts you learned from the textbook for this unit (use the Case
Study as extra material for this assignment), to answer the following
questions:1. Identify specific
decision-making biases which contributed to the flawed decision to produce the
Pinto and not recall it.2. Describe
communication errors and identify sources of noise which hindered decision
makers.3. What ethical
considerations were overlooked in the decision? Do you think the decision
makers were unethical? Explain.4. Did the team fall
prey to groupthink? Explain.5. Make
recommendations on changes that should be made to prevent this type of scenario
from repeating itself. I will give you considerable latitude here. I know that
we do not know much about the internal workings of Ford so it would be hard to
know if the recommendations are practical or feasible. Try to be reasonable.6. While your team
may or may not agree with the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility,
please incorporate your ideas for CSR that Ford Managers could have incorporated
in their decision making process. Do not make this a major focus or your
report. It can be a minor section (1 small paragraph) or a larger section (if
you are a proponent).Format Instructions8 pages, double spaced, with a normal
12-point font and 1-inch margins. You must also include citations and a
reference page. Grammar and spelling count.
