Chapter 6 in Bazerman & Moore (2013) cover how emotion and motivation influence decisions. Reconciling internal conflicts can be a challenge but keeping these elements limited when creating a strategic plan during the decision-making process is a skill that becomes transferrable to other areas of management and leadership.

For your initial post, think about crisis management such as one of the recent school shootings. You are on the school board. You have small children in the school system. Discuss how you would need to keep emotions out of the planning to avoid another school shooting. What types of things need to be addressed to keep emotions away from the creation of a plan?

• Initial Post Length: minimum of 350 words