Watch the Movie 12 Angry Men, Movie Link: https://vimeo.com/313139645
Assignment: 12 Angry Men
The intent of this assignment is for a student to demonstrate their understanding of the course material taught in the first half of LDRS 320. The assignment begins by watching the movie, 12 Angry Men. The movie shows a decision-making process to determine the guilt or innocence of the boy on trial. All aspects of decision making presented thus far in LDRS 320 are seen in the movie.
COURSE REQUIRED READING LIST
Unit 1 Making Decisions, Bauer and Erdogen
Unit 2 Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions: Campbell, Whitehead, Finkelstein
Unit 3 Conquering a Culture of Indecision, Ram Charan
Unit 4 What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions: Garvin and Roberto
Unit 5 Hidden Traps in Decision Making: Hammond, Keeney, Raiffa
ASSIGNMENT REQUIRMENTS
Use at least 2 references taken from each item on the Reading List. Each article can be found in Moodle and the course text: On Making Smart Decisions, HBR.
Length of paper: 5 – 7 pages, double spaced, plus title page and reference page. Use APA format.
Double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt
Proper spelling and grammar
Late papers are not accepted except for proven special circumstances with request for permission at least 24 hours before the due date.
Papers will demonstrate
Accuracy
Critical thinking
Integration of the topic with the actions in the movie
Effective references
Proper spelling and grammar
Impotant !!!:
ASSIGNMENT: 5 Unit Sections
Unit 1
10% Decision Models Topic 1
What are 2 types of decision-making models used in the 12 Angry Men decision-making process? Describe what they are and, for each one, was it effective or ineffective? Why or why not?
Unit 2 Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions 15%
Describe three Red Flags that lead to a faulty decision process. Describe how each of the Red Flags can be seen in the movie and how it impacted the decision-making process.
Unit 3 Conquering a Culture of Indecision 15%
Dialogue is the basic unit of decision making. Show how dialogue is impacted by Social Operting Systems in the movie by providing a definition and an example of the 4 parts.
Intellectual Honesty
Candor
Informality
Closure
Unit 4 What you Don’t Know About Making Decisions 20%
Conduct a comparison between two approaches of decision making.
Juror #3 (advocacy)
Juror # 8 (inquiry).
Copy and paste the following table (Page 114, What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions, Garvin and Roberto)
Give examples from the movie of how you viewed Juror 3 practicing Advocacy, and Juror 8 practicing Inquiry, using the Italicized prompts found in the table.
Advocacy – Juror 3
Inquiry – Juror 8
Concept of Decision Making
A Contest
Collaboration
Purpose of discussion
Persuade and Lobby
Testing and Evaluation
Participant’s role
Spokespeople
Critical Thinkers
Patterns of behavior
Strive to persuade others, Defend position
Present balanced argument, Remain Open to alternatives
Minority views
Discouraged or dismissed
Cultivated and Valued
Outcome
Winners and Losers
Collective Ownership
Unit 5: Hidden Traps of Decision Making 15%
Describe three hidden decision traps presented in the article.
What they are and how they impacted the decision-making process in the movie?
What are the dangers in hidden traps when making a decision?
Leadership Lessons 10%
List three leadership lessons you have learned about decision making from watching the movie? Explain the “why” for each one.
APA 15%
3% Title page
3% Reference page format
5% In-text citations
2% Headings
1% Page numbers
1% Font and Spacing
Learning Outcomes Addressed:
This assignment is designed to demonstrate your understanding of the following course learning outcome:
Examine the individual and relational processes involved in making decisions, particularly the interplay of inquiry and advocacy within the context of deliberative dialogue;
I have uploaded all the PPTs and textbook readings for every unit (unit 1-5), Please read the instuctions carefully, and follow the instructions step by step please! Remember you must use the conepts from each units (unit 1-5) which are (PPTs and PDF) That I uploaded. Thank you so much!
