Category: Business and management

You are a business analyst tasked with evaluating a decision tree to determine the best course of action for a firm considering whether to pay a dividend. you will solve for the conditional probabilities, net costs, and expected values at each node.

The decision tree includes multiple nodes, some with question marks representing unknown probabilities and costs. Your goal is to complete the following:

• Solve for the missing probabilities at each decision node using conditional probability.
• Calculate the total cost at each node by summing the relevant costs from previous branches.
• Determine the net cost by subtracting costs from revenues at each node.
• Solve for the conditional probability of arriving at each node in the tree.
• Calculate the expected value at each decision point by multiplying the nodes probability by the net cost.

The second tab of the Excel file contains a more advanced decision tree exercise, where you will apply the Gini Index to determine the first decision split in a firm’s dividend decision. This might be more difficult, but give it your best shot and refer to your PowerPoint from this module’s readings and resources page and notes to help guide you in solving the problem using the Gini Index.

Your deliverables should include the following:

• Excel File: This should contain all your calculations for probabilities, costs, net costs, conditional probabilities, and expected values at each node. Ensure that both tabs are completed.
• Brief Write-Up: In the second tab, include a short explanation of how you solved the Gini Index and what the first decision split represents.
• Video: This should contain a summary of your Excel document, along with how you found and calculated your numbers and the significance of each.

What plans do they have? What plans should they add? What control mechanisms seem to be in place? What control mechanisms do they need to put in place?

DECISION-MAKING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

Successful managerial decision-making is often complex, because managers attempt to analyze

options and make determinations to select the best course of action in response to opportunities

and threats. Different ways to make decisions that will optimize organizational performance need

to be examined.

There should be a cover page, abstract, introduction, conclusion, and reference sections (which

do not count towards the minimum word count).

Among these decision-making techniques (Vroom-Yetton Decision Model, Multiple Decision

Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, Game Theory, Stepladder Technique, Scientific Method,

Decision Making Trees, Analytical Hierarchy Process) compare 2 of them and apply the

technique that would be most effective in solving a specific problem within your organization or

industry or a specific organization that you have been aware of from personal experience or from

the media or from the literature. Describe the problem and the application of the technique in

detail. Most of your paper must describe the application of the technique (the solution). Based on

peer reviewed literature, justify why your chosen decision-making technique is the best to solve

the problem. State what the Bible or Christian literature says about decision-making. (At least

100 words in The Problem section, at least 400 words in The Solution section.)

Required Headings

Cover page with Topic Title

Abstract

The Problem (at least 100 words in this section)

The Solution (at least 400 words in this section)

Conclusions

References

Other Requirements

Materials submitted to fulfill requirements in one course may not be submitted in another course.

The cover page must include this statement: By submitting this assignment, I attest this

submission represents my own work, and not that of another student, scholar, or internet

source. I understand I am responsible for knowing and correctly utilizing referencing and

bibliographical guidelines.

Submit all course assignments in MS Word. Do not submit in PDF or in any other word

processing application.

All references listed must be from peer-reviewed journal articles, except the Bible and the

2 course textbooks. This paper must include at least 5 references that have publication

dates no older than 5 years, in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. Do not use

any books other than the Bible and the 2 course textbooks. Do not cite the management

text more than once in your paper. Do not cite or reference dissertations. Dissertations are

not peer-reviewed articles. Do not conduct interviews.

In-text citations are required to support your thesis statement, paragraph topic sentences

points, statements, issues, arguments, concerns, statements of fact and opinion. Do not

quote any words in the entire paper.

The required cover page, abstract, introduction, conclusion, and reference sections are not

included in the required assignment word count but are required as part of your paper.

There is no maximum word count for any course assignments.

The abstract should be written within a range of 150-250 words. Your abstract should

focus on key findings linked to management concepts in the assignment, but not on your

specific research information. The abstract should be written as if it were a stand-alone

document. Therefore, do not use phrases such as, in this paper which are more

appropriate in the introduction section.

The introduction should not be longer than 12 page, but not shorter than one paragraph. It

presents a detailed description of the problems and issues central to the case. Your

introduction must include a thesis statement, with a supporting citation at the end of your

introduction section.

Do not provide a separate biblical integration, biblical application or biblical analysis

section. Instead, concentrate your biblical integration in the Solutions section, not in your

introduction or conclusion sections.

Your conclusion section should not be longer than 12 page. It clearly states the answer to

the problem which you stated in your introduction.

Sources of information from Wikipedia, dictionaries, encyclopedia and Course Hero will

not be accepted. Turnitin similarity scores should not exceed 20%.

Paragraph lengths: Each paragraph should have a topic sentence unless it continues from

or provides support to the prior paragraph. A paragraph is defined in this course as being

at least 4 sentences in length.

Sentence lengths: Each sentence must not exceed 30 words.

The first and second person may not be used. This assignment must be based on peer

reviewed and biblical/Christian literature.

Avoid clichs, slang, jargon, exaggerations, abbreviations, figurative language, words

with a double meaning, and language that is too informal and/or too subjective for

example: showcasing, or this paper aims to… Use words that convey exact meaning.

Submit your document for grading with the following file name syntax: Last name, First

name.

Remember: This assignment and all assignments in this course have a management, not

leadership focus. There is a distinct difference between management and leadership. Discuss

management, not leadership. The Contemporary Management text only provides basic topical

information. As a research-intensive doctoral course, you will need to research current peer-

reviewed literature. There is no assignment in this course that can be completed by relying on the

text alone.

Grading Metrics

Consult the accompanying rubric for how your instructor will grade this assignment. All quoted

materials must be properly cited in the current APA format.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

This assignment is broadly taken from Thomas (2025) Do It Yourself (DIY) 4.1 (Brainstorm a Mindmap on Your Topic) and 4.2 (Drawing a Storyboard) exercises. You may use any pay or free online mapping or storyboard generating software (NOT AI). Your drawings may be digital or hand-drawn, then scanned/photographed and copied/pasted into your MS Word document, applicable sections.

Part 1 – Drawing a Mindmap:

Begin with your prima facie (research question) question from Module / Week 2 Case Study Methodology Assignment (or a more appropriate edited version based on the instructors feedback of that assignment)

Select a minimum of 10 core sources

Broadly synthesize the sources to discover themes, disagreements, dilemmas, ideas, lines of inquiry, etc.

As you organize these sources, draw your mindmap (See Thomas (2025) Figure 4.2 Key Features of a Mindmap

o Besides your prima facie question, your mindmap should contain at least 5 nodes drawn from your prima facie question

o As you continue to organize and arrange material by relevance, you should include at least 5 buds which should sprout off of at least 2 nodes. You may need to do more research.

Part 2 Drawing a Storyboard:

If required, adjust your prima facie question to fit your desired research direction (see the Thomas (2025) Table 4.1 Prima Facie Questions to Revised Topics)

Chart a storyboard narrative of your intended literature review

o Besides your revised prima facie question, your storyboard should contain a minimum of 10 nodes or waypoints and 4 key references. Again, you may need to do more research.

o Your storyboard narrative should integrate a range of relevant issues

Provide an audit of your activities. More than a simple log of decisions, this should annotate your critical reflection and analysis that resulted in edits, changes to your research question, evolution of your research aims, and why.

Additional Requirements

Materials submitted to fulfill requirements in one course may not be submitted in another course. Concerns about the propriety of obtaining outside assistance and acknowledging sources should be addressed to the instructor of the course before the work commences and as necessary as the work proceeds.

In addition to the course texts and the Bible, the required references above will be from peer-reviewed scholarly sources that have publication dates no older than 5 years, exception: irrefutable seminal sources.

• Sources of information from Wikipedia, dictionaries, websites, blogs, and encyclopedias will not be accepted.

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