At a university, college professors are sometimes asked to teach night classes. There is often great demand for those courses, given that many students work. Full-time faculty interest in teaching these courses vary – some may prefer teaching evenings and do other things during the day, and others who are “morning people” or with family obligations may prefer to avoid them. Universities may staff those courses with adjunct faculty (who prefer to teach at night as they hold full-time jobs in the industry during the day). Imagine that a group of students from one major complain to the dean that they are having difficulty signing up for evening classes because there are not enough course offerings. The dean is considering e-mailing all faculty, announcing to them that they are now required to teach one evening section a year to be fair to all faculty.

a. What decision style would this be according to Vroom and Yetton’s model?

b. What would be the potential consequences of this decision? Would this decision be fair?

c. According to Vroom and Yetton’s model, what should the dean do?