Outsourcing a Division

Assume you are a manager in a large Middle East manufacturing organization. You have been asked to consider outsourcing a division of the organization to another country.

• Describe the steps you would take in evaluating this decision.
• Explore whether or not you would use prescriptive or descriptive decision-making and explain your reasoning.
• Evaluate the critical thinking skills you believe would be necessary to make this decision.

You must demonstrate your ability to describe the steps you would take in the decision-making process rather than merely providing an answer to this scenario. Your paper should be well-crafted, demonstrate careful development of thought, and exhibit critical thinking skill as appropriate to graduate level academic writing. Further, providing a narrative is not enough. You must tie in the concepts gained in the course and integrate those concepts throughout the main body of your discussion.

Directions:

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

– Be 6 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.

– Formatted according to APA writing guidelines.

– Be sure to use at least 3 current, scholarly references those published within the most recent five-year period and scholarly sources are those from peer-reviewed journals other than the required reading articles above.

– Support your interpretation with evidence from the textbook (Bazerman, M. H., & Moore, D. A. (2013). Judgment in managerial decision making (8th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley and Sons. ISBN 13: 9781118065709)

– Citing references as appropriate in each paragraph. *** very important***

– Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.