Zachary is the president of his club sports team. Next year,…

Zachary is the president of his club sports team. Next year, select members of the team plan to participate in an international competition assuming they obtain the necessary funding. Zachary and the executive board have been meeting regularly with a representative in the Club Sports Office, who is responsible for determining the budget allotment for the team. The team has brainstormed different solutions and has also met with the team’s coach to determine a final solution. At this point in the process, Zachary and the executive board outline a fundraising schedule and complete the training for the new budget allotment procedures. Where is the team in terms of the decision-making process?

Kushagra’s student organization, consisting of a few first-y…

Kushagra’s student organization, consisting of a few first-year students and mostly, third- and fourth-year students, is trying to determine where to hold its next restaurant fundraiser (i.e., a percentage of the proceeds raised from the meal are donated back to the cause that hosted the meal). After generating and evaluating alternatives, the options are Restaurant A, Restaurant B, Restaurant C, and Restaurant D. This list of options includes a couple of places where three of the fourth-year students are employed on a part-time basis. What group decision-making technique could Kushagra’s team use to take a secret vote and decide on the restaurant fundraiser?

Ella ordered holiday cards to send to her friends and family…

Ella ordered holiday cards to send to her friends and family. When she received her order of cards in the mail, she spotted a glaring typo. The cards read: From the Miller Family, rather than: From the Stevenson Family. Ella realized then that she never edited the small, name field at the bottom of the card template before she placed her online order – the initial name on the template was the “Miller Family.” Although the name is written in small font and may or may not be noticeable to the reader, Ella is confronted with a problem. The first decision she needs to make is: