1. You are currently interviewing for a job as a project manager, and the interviewer said the following to you: If you want to be successful in this job you need to be able to identify problems BEFORE they happen. It is not enough to react to problems. You have to be able to deal with potential issues before they actually cause a problem. Which of these do you think is more important for dealing with this aspect of the job, tacit knowledge or explicit knowledge? Why do you think that is the case?

2. Your boss thinks her employees spend too much time surfing the internet. To address this, she walks down the halls at random times during the day, and if she sees an employee surfing the internet, she reduces their monthly bonus amount by 10%. What type of reinforcement is being used here? Do you think this is a good way of dealing with the problem? Why or why not?

3. Your boss sent you the following email: Find us a good spot near work for us to get lunch today. Unfortunately for you, you dont know how your boss defines good spot. In addition, there are over 50 restaurants close to your office. To make the decision, you ultimately decide to do a Yelp search for restaurants in your area that meeting the following criteria: An average rating of at least 4 stars and over 50 total customer reviews. From this search, you make the decision to go to the first restaurant that pops up meeting these criteria. What decision-making problem are you dealing with here? What decision-making strategy are you using to deal with this problem?

4. Your boss sent you the following email: Our employees are not meeting deadlines. Clearly, they do not have the skills necessary to do the job. Which decision-making error might the supervisor be making here? Given that, how might you respond to this email?