Case Study:

You run a small company that makes customised notebooks with personalised details on the cover and inserts.

You promote your product as a great holiday gift idea, and your holiday orders break your previous sales record.

The problem is you don't have enough materials to fulfil the holiday orders.

Apply the critical thought process to this issue to find a solution.

To do well in this assessment you should:

• take responsibility for undertaking and applying the entire thinking process from conception to the early stages of implementation/rectification.

This includes: Demonstrate that you can break the issue down into smaller manageable issues like so:

• What is the root of the problem?
• What needs to be communicated?
• What can be done to save time?
• What are the possible outcomes?
• What will the implications be on costs?
• What is the effect of others of these outcomes?

YOU must suggest rational and realistic suggestions to find solutions to the problem.