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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Define different perspectives and concepts of problem solving in diverse
contexts and business situations. (C.L.O :1.2)
2. Demonstrate decision tools and employ appropriate analytical business models
to break down complex issues. (C.L.O :2.2)
3. Explain and apply critical thinking and cognitive psychology as it pertains to
analyze and synthesize information for problem solving and decision making.
(C.L.O :2.1)
Case Study:
Talal, CEO and the president of a pharmaceutical company based in Riyadh. Talal is
going to retire after three months and has been asked to select his successor. He wanted
to decide one candidate from the following three best possible candidates he feels would
best take over his position.
1) Badar the VP – Marketing, Working with company from 20 years and under
Talal for 7 years.
2) Rayyan the VP-Operations, been with company 23 years has most experience.
3) Sayeed VP-HR, been with company for 15years but has worked his way up the
ladder impressively.
Outside the workplace Badar, Rayyan, Sayeed are close friends and after receiving
word that they are the finalists for the job promotion. Tension rises both within and
outside the workplace. They also find out that the decision will not be announced until
few weeks, which causes that tension to raise that much more. Outside the work the
three close friends have not talked nearly as much since the promotion announcements
and is causing negative effects in their home lives. With the three of them failing to
communicate, they won’t know how they each perceive the situation, thus building on
the already present stress and anxiety.
Talal ultimately chooses Badar due to his experience under him as VP. This puts even
more responsibility in Badar’s hands. The decision surely sends shockwaves
throughout the company, starting with Rayyan and Sayeed. Rayyan is extremely upset
with the decision, and with him being a very verbally aggressive person, he starts to
cause some conflict with his work behaviour. Sayeed, who is also highly upset, decides
he cannot work under Badar, quits the job, and cuts off the friendship they had.
To resolve this conflict, Badar calls multiple meetings hoping to improve the
communication within the business, however, this backfires tremendously. Rayyan’s
work behaviour continues to spiral out of control and is constantly verbally aggressive
in meetings, targeting Badar in certain comments, which only makes things worse by
making the rest of the group uncomfortable, this leaves Badar clueless as what to do
simply because he has not done anything wrong. He was awarded a job promotion and
has not done anything to provoke Rayyan or Sayeed to act the way they have.
Read the above case study and answer the following questions:
Q1: What is the main problem in the above case?
[Marks 3]
Q2: Discuss the problem with 5-Why analysis. Draw a cause-and-effect diagram
based on the problem of the case?
[Marks 4]
Q2: If you are consultant and asked to solve the problem, how will you solve the
problem of case? What are the steps you will follow to solve? [Marks 3]
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