Decision Making and Problem Solving (MGT 312)

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 3
Decision Making and Problem Solving (MGT 312)
Due Date: End of week 13, 6th of December@ 23:59
Course Name: Decision Making and Problem Student’s Name:
Solving
Course Code: MGT312
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st

CRN:
Academic Year:2025-26; FIRST SEMESTER

For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:
/ 10

Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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This assignment is a group assignment. Each group will consist of 4-5 Students only.

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The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via allocated folder.

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Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.

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Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be
reduced for poor presentation.

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Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.

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Late submission will NOT be accepted.

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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.

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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. Describe decision making process for complex issues pertaining to business
environment both internally and externally. (C.L.O :1.1)
2. Demonstrate decision tools and employ appropriate analytical business models to
break down complex issues. (C.L.O :2.2)
3. Demonstrate effective leadership skills and teamwork capacity for efficient
decision making with the problem owners and other stakeholders as either a team
member or a team leader. (C.L.O :3.1)

Assignment Instructions:
• Log in to Saudi Digital Library (SDL) via University’s website
• On first page of SDL, choose “English Databases”
• From the list find and click on EBSCO database.
• In the search bar of EBSCO find the following article:
Title:
Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our Workforce?
Author:
Kerr, William; Hull, Paddy; Brown, Hayden
Date of Publication:
Jul/Aug2025
Published:
Harvard Business Review
Read the attached case study titled as “Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our
Workforce? by Kerr, William; Hull, Paddy; Brown, Hayden, published in Harvard
Business Review, and answer the following Questions:

1. Identify the main problem and subproblems of the case?

[Mark 1]

2. Writ the problem statement about the above case. Problem statement should include
the followings: [400-500 words]
[Marks 2]
• Briefly summarize the problem
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Identify symptoms of the problem

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Describe the size and scope of the problem

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Identify the consequences

3. Discuss the problem with 5-Why analysis.

[Marks 1]

4. Brainstorm with your team and generate all the ideas that your team suggests. [Mark
1]

5. Weighing the alternatives

[Marks 2]

When weighing the various alternatives, how well each alternative fulfils the
variables to consider can be expressed as scores. A different rating scale will be used
to assess each alternative:

+2 very suitable
+1 quite suitable
0 neither suitable nor unsuitable
-1 not quite suitable
-2 not suitable at all

Note: Positive numbers (+2 or +1) indicate that the alternative is able to fulfil the
variables, whereas negative numbers (-2 or -1) denote the opposite.

6. Draw a decision tree based for decision making,

[1 Marks]

7. “Do the company reskill or replace the workforce” what will be your decision and
why?
[Mark 1]
8. Write the conclusion and overall assessment.

[Marks 1]

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