Electra Wants to Purchase a Laptop for Use in Her

question 9

Essay

Electra wants to purchase a laptop for use in her MBA program so she can work on assignments and surf the web while the professor drones on endlessly.After consulting with her colleagues,she chooses the dimensions of cost,weight,processor speed,and touchscreen capability as critical to her long term success and amusement.She evaluates four different laptops and rates their performance on each criterion on a scale from 1 (poor)to 5 (excellent).She is struggling with her assessment of the importance of the Cost criterion.As an avid lottery player,she is pretty sure that tonight's drawing will result in at least a two number match on the ticket she bought on the way to class and it could mean a three-number match.Given her uncertainty,she would like to choose the laptop that performs the best overall across the entire spectrum of possibilities of the outcome of tonight's lottery.Which would you recommend?

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Definitions:

Resistance To Change

The opposition or pushback by individuals or groups when they perceive that a change that is occurring is a threat to them.

Role Patterns

Typical behaviors and expectations that define a person's function within a group or organization.

Learning

The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught, often leading to a change in behavior.

Change Agents

Individuals or entities that act as catalysts for change within an organization, encouraging and facilitating the adoption of new processes or structures.