Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Making
Student name / ID
Requirements:
1. Completed four questions in Personal Statement (Part 1)
2. Reflective comments: reflect on the topic of the week (throughout Weeks 2 to 11
ideally) and, where appropriate, add reflective comments beside your personal
statement to demonstrate how your initial views have been confirmed, challenged
or expanded
3. Professional report-style format with table of contents, check presentation
requirements
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4. Reference list: presenting academic sources cited within the entire journal
document (APA style is fine)
5. Word limit: 1,800 including reference list (+/- 10% is acceptable)
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Contents
Personal statement with critical reflection Question 1.............................................................3
Personal statement with critical reflection Question 2.............................................................4
Personal statement with critical reflection Question 3.............................................................5
Personal statement with critical reflection Question 4.............................................................6
Reference list............................................................................................................................. 7
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Escalatory spiral
Unilateral escalation
Competitive escalation
Perceptual and judgmental biases,
impression management, competitive
irrationality
Lecture slides
Wonthaggi Desalination Plant Case Study
Readings: textbook chapter 7; Fotaki and
Hyde (2014); Sleesman et al. (2012)
Prior knowledge
Discussions/observations
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the
problem,
used
tools/information
to
generate
solutions,
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Reference list
Bazerman, M.H. & Moore, D.A. (2013). Judgment in Managerial Decision Making (8th
ed). Wiley, USA. (Chapter 7).
Fotaki, M. & Hyde, P. (2015). Organizational blind spots: Splitting, blame and
idealization in the National Health Service. Human Relations, 68(3), 441-462.
Sleesman, D.J., Conlon, D.E., McNamara, G. & Miles, J.E. (2012).Cleaning Up the Big
Muddy: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Determinants of Escalation of Commitment,
Academy of Management Journal, 55(3), 541-562.
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