1. Real World Decision-making and Creativity:
An Exploratory, Team-based Exercise
Wayne Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Management
CSU Northridge

2. Your Team’s Task Form 8 ad-hoc teams (3 or 4 students per team)
Each team will have a question
Answer the question “Yes” or “No”
This forces each team not to be “wishy-washy”
Decision-making
What is(are) the decision-making process(es) related to this question?
What data and criteria are important in addressing this question?
Phrase your team’s thinking in the form of several questions
Creativity
What is(are) the creativity process(es) related to this question?

4. Team #1 Would your team volunteer to go on a one-way trip to Mars?
Why or why not?

6. Team #2
Is she an learned (educated) individual?
Why or why not?

8. Team #3 Was the financial crisis of 2008/2009 avoidable?
Why or why not?

10. Team #4
If you were going to run for CA Governor and had $160,000,000 to spend, could you win?
Why or why not?

12. Team #5
Is Cupid’s Hot Dogs a successful business?
Why or why not?

13. Insert a picture of the class here (grin)

14. Team #6
Should you (your team) be admitted to the Management/Human Resources program at CSU Northridge?
Why or why not?

16. Team #7
What kind of movie would you advise Jennifer Aniston to make next?
Why or why not?

18. Team #8
Would you, as a Wal-mart employee or manager, have sold ammunition to Jared Loughner (the alleged Tucson shooter)?
Why or why not?

20. Team (alternate) Are you as safe now as you would have been in 1956?
Why or why not?

23. Team (alternate) Would you consider applying for this position?
Why or why not?

24. Team (alternate)
Would you hire a recent CSUN Management graduate for this position?
Why or why not?