Holmes Institute HC1062 Decision Making Group Report Appendix

This document is an appendix for a group report on decision-making and problem-solving, specifically for the HC1062 course at Holmes Institute. The appendix includes comprehensive details such as full names, student ID numbers, and contact information of all group members. It outlines the chosen topic for the group assignment, the allocation of tasks among the members, and a detailed Gantt chart illustrating the working plan, deadlines, and allocated tasks. Furthermore, it provides a list of at least five references and sources for each student's chosen part of the assignment, including key themes and reasons for selection. The appendix also contains records of all correspondence related to the group assignment, including emails, messages, and meeting details, with discussions and challenges faced. The group's expectations, insights gained upon completion, and utilized group tools are also included. This appendix is crucial for the group assignment, which involves identifying a management problem, preparing a persuasive report, and delivering an in-class presentation.

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HC1062 DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM
SOLVING
Appendix for Group Report
After forming the group you must confirm your group members’ details in writing
with your lecturer. Note that once you do so, your group members are fixed and
cannot be changed. The group size should be 3, but your lecturer may allow a
maximum of 4. It is essential that every member makes a significant valid academic
contribution to the team result.
As you start to work on your group report, you are required to assimilate this
Appendix, to be submitted via a link on the UNIT blackboard site in week 8, by
Friday 5 pm.
What should be included in the appendix?
1. All the group member details-full name, student id numbers, contact
phone numbers.
2. The topic chosen for your group assignment
3. Allocation of the tasks for each member in the
group. You may utilise this format for the above:
Topic Chosen:
Student ID First Name Family Name Contact Phone
Number
Allocated
Task(s)
4. A Gantt chart showing the working plan towards completion of the group
assignment. This chart must have every allocated task, deadlines and dates
clearly stated.
[See Gantt chart example, feel free to use your own style]

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5. Each student to list at least five references and sources for their chosen part.
[Final assignment must contain these references plus any others that are cited
or used].
Student
ID
References Key theme /
Reason
for choosing this?
1. 1. Biller-Andorno, N. and Capron, A.M.,
2016. Ethical issues in governing biobanks: global
perspectives. Routledge.
2.Crane, A., Matten, D. and Spence, L. eds.,
2019. Corporate social responsibility: Readings and
cases in a global context. Routledge.
3.Crane, A., Matten, D., Glozer, S. and Spence, L.,
2019. Business ethics: Managing corporate
citizenship and sustainability in the age of
globalization. Oxford University Press.
4.Ferrell, O.C., 2016. A framework for
understanding organizational ethics. In Business
ethics: New challenges for business schools and
corporate leaders (pp. 15-29). Routledge.
5.Galukhin, A., Gusejnov, F., Malakhova, E. and
Novikova, E., 2017, June. Conceptual Frameworks
of Business Ethics. In 2nd International Conference
on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and
Humanities (ICCESSH 2017). Atlantis Press.
The global perspective
of ethical issues
Corporate social
responsibility
Corporate citizenship
For understanding ethics
in the organization
Business ethics

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2. 1 Johnston, M.P., 2017. Secondary data analysis: A
method of which the time has come. Qualitative and
quantitative methods in libraries, 3(3), pp.619-626.
2.Lefkowitz, J., 2017. Ethics and values in
industrial-organizational psychology. Routledge.
3.Palinkas, L.A., Horwitz, S.M., Green, C.A.,
Wisdom, J.P., Duan, N. and Hoagwood, K., 2015.
Purposeful sampling for qualitative data collection
and analysis in mixed method implementation
research. Administration and policy in mental health
and mental health services research, 42(5), pp.533-
544.
4.Shapiro, J.P. and Stefkovich, J.A., 2016. Ethical
leadership and decision making in education:
Applying theoretical perspectives to complex
dilemmas. Routledge.
5.Unit, B., 2015. Corporate social responsibility.
Data collection and
analysis
Industrial organizational
psychology
Data analysis and
implementation
Decision making and
ethical leadership in
organization
CSR
3. 1. Vandekerckhove, W., 2016. Whistleblowing and
organizational social responsibility: A global
assessment. Routledge.
2.Wax, M., 2019. Federal regulations: Ethical issues
and social research. Routledge.
3. Ameer, I. and Halinen, A., 2019. Moving
beyond ethical decision-making: a practice-
based view to study unethical sales
behavior. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales
Management, pp.1-20.
4. Sturm, R.E., 2017. Decreasing unethical
decisions: The role of morality-based individual
differences. Journal of business ethics, 142(1),
pp.37-57.
5. Artal, R. and Rubenfeld, S., 2017. Ethical
issues in research. Best Practice & Research
Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 43, pp.107-
114.
5. Murphy, P.E. and Bloom, P.N., 2017. Ethical
issues in social marketing. In Marketing the
public sector (pp. 68-78). Routledge.
Whistleblowing
To understand social
research and ethical
issues
To understanding the
process of decision
making
Differences among
individuals based on
morality
Best practices and
ethical issues
Social marketing and
ethical issues.
4. 1. Van Wart, M. and Denhardt, K.G., 2019. Individual ethics

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Organizational structure: A reflection of society's
values and a context for individual ethics.
In Handbook of administrative ethics (pp. 253-268).
Routledge.
2. Rohr, J., 2017. Ethics for bureaucrats: An essay
on law and values. Routledge.
3. Pullen, A. and Rhodes, C., 2015. Ethics,
embodiment and
organizations. Organization, 22(2), pp.159-165.
4. Frederickson, H.G. and Rohr, J.A., 2015. Ethics
and public administration. Routledge.
5. van Gils, S., Hogg, M.A., Van Quaquebeke, N.
and van Knippenberg, D., 2017. When
organizational identification elicits moral decision-
making: A matter of the right climate. Journal of
Business Ethics, 142(1), pp.155-168.
Ethics for the people
Organizational ethics
Public administration
and ethics
Moral decision making

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6. All the correspondence towards working on the group assignments must be
recorded, this would include but not limited to emails, WhatsApp messages, USB
file exchanges, group discussion, text messages, record of telephonic
conversations etc.
7. Details of a minimum of five group meetings held face-to-face to be provided.
Each meeting must be documented in the following format
Meeting No. ……: Date ………………….Time …………………… Venue ………………
Student ID Name Points discussed If absent
state the
reason
1. What is ethics and its
importance
2. The ways in which ethical
issues are to be dealt with
3. To design the research
program
4. To understand what is
organizational ethics
8. Our group expectations are:
Our expectation as a group is that after proper analysis of all the
information properly, we will be able to provide recommendations for the
company.
9. We experienced the following challenges during this assignment:
Some of the major difficulties were that in many cases we were not
getting authentic data because our research was based on secondary
data.
10. At the completion of the assignment we have the following insights:
After the completion of the assignment, we have understood what is
ethics and what are the main reasons that ethical activities are required
by public on behalf of companies and we have also understood the
different ways in which ethical issues can be solved.

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Group tools
Your instructor chooses which communication and collaboration tools are available
to your group. If you want to use a tool but don't find on your group's page, ask your
instructor to enable it.
Group Tool Description
File Exchange Group members and instructors can share files in this area. All
members can add and delete files, regardless of who added
them.
Group Blog In the group area, all members of a group can create entries for
the same blog and build on each entry. All course members can
read and comment on a group blog, but they can't make posts
unless they are members of the group. Instructors can choose
to grade group blogs. All group members receive the same
grade.
Group Journal In the group area, all members of a group can view each other's
entries. Only group members and instructors can view a group
journal. Instructors can choose to grade group journals. All
group members receive the same grade.
Send Email Group members can email individual members or the entire
group.
You can't create folders in file exchange. With your group, decide how
you want to name files so that they are easier to locate in a long list.
Add a file to the file exchange
Group Tools > File Exchange > Add File
Add a name for file you want to upload. Browse for the file and submit.
You can also delete any file if you wish. On the File Exchange page, select Delete in the
file's menu. But it would be good to keep all the files for any future reference.
Group Blog
All the group members can discuss about the assignment by using Group
Blog. Once you are allocated in a group, you can see this function. Group
> Group Tools > Group Blog > Create Blog Entry.