Assignment: Management Decision Making
A) Must contain at least one citation from a source in support of your assertions, assumptions, opinions, or conclusions.
1. Read the editorials in one issue of a newspaper and answer these questions for each:
a. What adherence is sought from the reader?
b. Who are the appropriate decision makers? Why?
c. What claims does the editorial make?
d. What support is provided for the claims?
e. What criticism can you make of the argument
2. Select a topic with which you are familiar that involves making a decision. Prepare an argument in which you label each of these parts:
a. In what kind of sphere is the decision to be made?
b. What is the ultimate purpose of the decision?
c. What proposition expresses your desired decision?
d. What issue do you want to address?
e. What claim do you wish to make?
f. What Kind of support will you supply?
B) Answer the following question in essay form (double-spaced, APA format):
1. Discuss the relationship between claims, issues, and propositions.
2. Define and explain critical decision making through argumentation.
3. Discuss the inner dialogue and its role in argumentation. How does it relate to dialectic?
4. Explain the difference between dialectic and rhetoric, and discuss how each contributes to critical decisions.
5. Explain what the text means by "critical decisions," and how they contrast with uncritical decisions.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.