GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Confirmation Bias, Opportunism, Problem Solving

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

Document Summary

Gms200 - lecture notes lecture 2 chapter 13 (part 2) Check ethics at every step: utility, rights, justice, caring or through spotlight questions: (how would. What would ur role model do in this situation) Confirmation bias** read : belief comes first then search for evidence. Information technology: helps acquire, store and process information. Business intellegince: taps info systems to extract and report data in organized ways that are useful to decision makers. Management information systems (mis): use it to collect, organize and distribute data for use in decision-making. It breaks barriers, it helps with customers, suppliers and. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling all have it advantages. Performance deficiency: actual performance is less than desired. Performance opportunity: actual situation turns out better than hoped. Problem avoiders - don"t gather info and miss decificiency and opportunities. Problem solvers - reactive, act on deficiency but miss out on opportunities. Problem seekers - proactive, anticipate deficiencies and opportunities.