Naturalistic decision making

Dunning-Kruger effect by encouraging staff to make decisions with consultation rather than in isolation. Conferring with an expert would certainly be a way to rank your own competency in an area and might mitigate overconfidence. Pairing staff with mentors early on might also help new employees better ascertain and rank their skill relative to other staff in the organization. With more frames of reference about the competency required for good decision making, staff have the opportunity to…

Why do we always conform to the majority? The difference between the opinions of the majority and the minority has always been a controversial problem in our daily life. Although no one can simply clarify which side is better, most of the time, the majority’s opinion will be regarded as a better choice to follow. In Brooke Gladstone’s book, The Influencing Machine, the author demonstrates her idea about beliefs and actions, “Our actions and beliefs are driven more by our impulses and bias we…

The term “ethics” is commonly referred to as a branch of philosophy that involves a number of different aspects relating to various concepts of right and wrong conduct. These include systematizing, defending, and recommending different ways of action in an ethically correct manner (Webster, 2017). This idea was put to the test during early April of 2017. United Airlines faced a number of charges after a man claiming he was being profiled for being Chinese, was forcibly removed from his seat by…

Teams are critical to the success or failure of an organization or activity. It is paramount to establish effective and cohesive teams to ensure that an organization succeeds. Dysfunctional teams often lead to conflict and concomitant failure to attain organizational goals (Mannix & Neale, 2014). The army is one of the professions that depend heavily on effective teamwork and leadership to function. Any weaknesses in the team structure and cohesion may be fatal. In combat, the line between…

In analyzing the video “Subtle Boundary Dilemmas: Ethical Decision Making for Helping Professionals” the video describes the ethical dilemmas professionals face due to boundary issues with clients. This often creates difficult situations as professionals try to maintain appropriate boundaries. The video clearly describes a professional’s role in setting and resetting boundaries to ensure our clients can focus on healing and getting the help the they need to embrace a quality life. It is the…

Goldratt created and developed the Theory of Constraints (TOC) which one focus on the efficiency of the overall process rather than the efficiency of a single process. The Theory of Constraint’s identify the most important limiting factor that blocks on achieving the mail goal of the organization, once the limiting factor is found, it is important to analyze and improve the problem. However, it is not always easy to find the constraint, and Goldratt developed the Thinking Process, “This is a…

In the case study, Carrie's choice to accept a job with many benefits, or wait for a job that suits her belief, is an Ethical Dilemma. According to the English Oxford Living Dictionaries, Ethical Dilemma is a tough choice between two possible scenarios, which offers an individual a no win situation. A choice to take a decent job, or wait for the noble job seems to be a problem most people will face. People graduate high school, and hopefully go to college. But, if not they have to choose some…

Authors Andrea Lunsford, John J Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters in their book, writes about arguments and how everything is and could be an argument. They support their claim by first explaining how everything is an argument and why we argue. Secondly, they explain when we should have an argument the past, present, and future must be included. Finally, the authors write how to use arguing in reading and writing. The authors purpose is to explain to the readers how to understand and write an…

aspects, responsibility can be achieved. The characteristic that I think it the most important for responsibility would be time management. There is a number of aspects that tie into time management, such as finding time to do your objectives and making sure you are on time to events that you are supposed to be at. When you are tasked with a responsibility you need to make sure that you are finding time to fulfill your tasks in a manor where you are not rushed and not cramming to get the job…

the act of making moral judgements on a daily basis. It is what we consider to be morally right or wrong. Ethical dilemmas stem from our ability to have options, and sometimes the right decision may not be the easiest or what we want. Making ethical decisions is hard due to our wants versus our needs. Life is not always black and white, there are often many gray areas. My daily encounters with ethical dilemmas sometimes take me by surprise. The first to respond to making an ethical decision are…