there are 2 different 3 paragraph dq question critical thinking

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Problem Solving

Activity Context

This discussion helps you develop the skills to master the following course competency:

  • Apply critical thinking to business-related activities.

Activity Instructions

Apply Chaffee’s problem-solving approach on page 78 of Thinking Critically to the following situation. Use this approach to analyze the situation below, and then post your analysis of approximately four paragraphs:

Your company manufactures components for a major computer manufacturer. Your products have had some persistent quality issues. The components are items such as on-off switches and other servo-mechanisms that fail before they should. The problem is becoming quite serious and your main customer has threatened to go to another vendor if you cannot fix the problem. Step by step, what do you do to solve the problem? Be specific and explain why you take each step.

Dq 2 separate from above

This discussion helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies:

  • Apply critical thinking to business-related activities.
  • Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.

Activity Instructions

Part 1 – Initial Post

In approximately 500 words, describe a real-world business decision that you had to make or a problem that you had to solve for which there was no clear solution. Describe the problem in as much detail as possible within the length guideline. Do not tell how you solved the problem. Post your story to this discussion by Wednesday, following the instructions for initial discussion posts in this course. (If you have never confronted a business dilemma, you can research one and relate it here, making sure to provide citations.)