You are an Employee Relations Specialist in the HR department of XYZ Corporation. The Director of Human Resources, Jacob Wickham, asks for your help in developing a comprehensive training manual for new managers entering the company. The manual will include a series of trainings and will cover a wide range of managerial topics, and you have been assigned to make an entire section titled Managerial Problem Solving & Decision Making and Employee Motivation.

You will use the presentation template that Jacob created to ensure the sections are consistent for the entire manual. Your section will be further divided into two parts, with the first part focusing on managerial problem solving and decision making (to be completed and submitted this week) Keep in mind that this training will be presented to an audience of employees who have recently begun management positions with the company, and it is possible that they are entering these positions with minimal managerial experience.

Submit your presentation on Managerial Problem Solving & Decision Making address the following:

• Explain in what ways problem solving and decision making are interrelated.
• Describe the role that creativity can play in problem solving.
• Describe at least one decision-making style. (
• Explain what a decision-making model is and how managers can incorporate it into their decision-making processes. (
• Describe 3-5 techniques that managers can use to make better decisions.
• Explain what factors must be considered when participating in group decisions. ()

Note: Be sure to reference at least two scholarly sources to support your work.