MGM102H5 Chapter 1: CHAPTER 1
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It refers to a written description of a situation faced by a manager. The point of each case is to leave you at point similar to the one that the person in the case confronted, you have to make decisions. The decision maker is expected to determine what problems and opportunities exist, analyze the situation, generate/evaluate other choices and recommend and carry out a plan of action. In real life, decision maker also faces the task to collect that data that is relevant to decision making. Its general theme is to learn by doing rather than by listening. Chinese scholar confucius stated the importance of hands on experience in learning. Stude(cid:374)t"s role is to parti(cid:272)ipate a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)ute (cid:271)y a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ely liste(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d talking to others in class, i(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tor"s role is (cid:374)ot le(cid:272)ture (cid:271)ut guide a discussion by probing, questioning and adding some input.
