Your manager, Mr. Myers, is out of the office and has sent you an e-mail. The e-mail states that you have been doing a fantastic job, and this next assignment is a result of his absence. He asked the board of directors if he could give you the next assignment to complete and pass.
Part 1:
Mr. Myers tells you that the board wants you to prepare a memo discussing the 4 grids in the competing values model. He also explains that the memo should contain researched information outlining the complexity of the competing values decision-making model.
The 4 grids of the competing values decision-making model (Quinn & Rohrbaugh, 1981, 1983) are listed below:
- Internal focus: mentor, facilitator
- Flexibility: innovation, networker
- Control: monitor, manager
- External focus: producer, team leader
For this assignment, you must submit a memo consisting of 600-1,500 words in which you discuss the 4 grids in the competing values decision-making model.
For full credit, you must address the following in your memo:
1. Discuss the 4 grids in the competing values model.
2. Outline the complexity of the competing values decision-making model.
3. Implement emotions, positive illusions, and self-serving reasoning in to the memo.
4. Address the Escalation Paradigm in regards to the four grids associated with the competing values model.
Part 2:
Mr. Myers explains to you that he cannot make the staff meeting today because of an illness, and he needs you to prepare a memo for the staff discussing the competing values decision-making model. He also explains that by using the grid below, he wants you to discuss the human relations model quadrant, the open-system model quadrant, the manager control quadrant, and the user quadrant.
For this assignment, you must submit a memo consisting of 400-500 words in which you discuss the competing values decision-making model.
For full credit, you must address the following in your memo:
1. Discuss the competing values decision-making model.
2. Using the grid, discuss the human relations model quadrant.
3. Using the grid, discuss the open-system model quadrant.
4. Using the grid, discuss the manager control quadrant.
5. Using the grid, discuss the user quadrant.
6. Provide examples for each of the below quadrants.
References
Quinn, R. E., & Rohrbaugh, J. (1981). A competing values approach to organizational effectiveness. Public Productivity Review, 5(2), 122-140.
Quinn, R. E., & Rohrbaugh, J. (1983). A spatial model of effectiveness criteria: Towards a competing values approach to organizational analysis. Management Science, 29(3), 363-377.