Case 3 CEO DECISION-MAKING AT PRAIRIE HEALTH SERVICES (name of the case study)

(1) Identify for your analysis the organizational structure of Prairie Health Services, the main business units and who is in charge of each unit

a. If you were Carl, what are the problems you are facing as a CEO of Prairie Health Services? (before you embark on asking your team to select a software).

b. How much legitimacy, credibility, and power do you have as CEO? c. Why do you need a new software? Identify current problems

(2) Decision-making of researching and selecting the software - Established by Carl:

a. What are the desirable characteristics of the potential software to solve Prairie Health Services' problems?

b. What constitutes a good decision-making process for an investment of this nature?

c. Considering your answers on a and b: i. What part of the decision-making process was well done and why? Explain. ii. What part was not well done and why? Explain.

(3) Sources of Power: a. As Carl, what sources of power are you using to influence the decision-making on the acquisition of the software? Be specific and concrete.