GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Crisis Management, Ethnocentrism, Proxemics

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Horatio Morgan

Document Summary

Gms 200 lecture 3 // (week 3) information and managerial. Problem avoiders inactive in information gathering and solving problems. Problem solvers reactive in gathering information and solving problems. Problem seekers proactive in anticipating problems and opportunities and taking appropriate action to gain an advantage systematic versus intuitive thinking . Systematic thinking a pproaches problems in a rational, and analytical fashion. Intuitive thinking approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion. Multi dimensional thinking applies both intuitive and systematic thinking. Apply solutions that are readily available from the past experiences to solve structured problems. Structured problems are ones that are familiar, straight forward, and clear with respect to information needs. Best applied to routine problems that can be anticipated. Develop novel solutions to meet the demands of unique situation that present unstructured problems. Unstructured problems are ones that are full of ambiguities and information deficiencies.