MDQ STEP THREE: BUILDING THE DECISION

GATHERING INFORMATION:

The purpose of this week's discussions is to address the type of information HH needs to gather in coming up with creative alternatives to use in the MDQ decision making model. Useful information involves researching anything that the decision maker needs to know that might influence the decision making process. This includes experience from past or future situations as well as factual information. Even though the decision maker has no control over future events, information needs to be gathered to anticipate outcomes, consequences or actions when acting on Hannah's Hats'alternatives.

CREATING ALTERNATIVES:

In Building the Decision, the decision maker will create FOUR viable alternatives. The case study mentions several obvious alternatives, such as:Partnering with theinvestors or increasing E-commerce sales.However,NONE of these alternatives are strong enough on their own to meet all the objectives HH would like from the decision. Harry must look for ways to combine them with other possibilities to make stronger alternatives. The expectation is to create alternatives that are creative, demonstrate critical thinking, use additional research, and meet as many of the objectives as possible.