Improving Team Decision Making

The decisions our team made affected how our team placed in comparison to the other teams in the class. The first day the that simulation began, our team payed close attention to what Dr. Clough was doing and speculated about what his purchases must have been to get his results. This may not have been the most effective way to purchase machines because there was no way to know when his next purchase was going to be. The decisions made were mostly qualitative, and based on prior assumptions. To make decisions easier on the entire group, we decided early on that if a purchase was to be made, consult the group and come to a majority vote. This was implemented as part of our decision making. Because our team was so apprehensive to spend money freely, this made it harder to move up in the overall standing. Our team stayed at number 19 for the majority of the simulation. The most movement was at the beginning of the simulation when the machinery was bought. Because our team was completely random, it was surprising that our decisions were unanimous. Overall our team was on the same page.
Our team faced one particular difficulty during this project. As previously mentioned, we were apprehensive about spending money on machines and …show more content…
This was mainly due to the structure of how we ran the factory during the simulation. We delegated three people to be in charge of the factory for two days each during the simulation while one person would check on it frequently throughout the whole simulation. This method was particularly successful because during the two day sessions, the designated person had the right to make the final decision on what was best for the factory to continue to run smoothly. Thus, each person was able to have a chance to run the Littlefield simulation and make final decisions while those who weren’t in charge on a given day were available to consult on options such as buying more inventory or more