Thursday, December 25, 2008

How can we decide?: (1) Prisoners' dilemma.

http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/kurt-zenz-house/opec-and-the-prisoners-dilemma

This reading analyzes the feasible decision-making solutions for oil-supplier nations. As a majority of OPEC nations are highly dependent upon oil for their survival of economy, they are exposed to high risk of "betrayal" rather than "cooperation" for higher oil prices. An interesting article.

Aloha SP 752 students,

Happy New Year!

Thank you very much for taking SP 752 Group Decision-Making (Organizational Communication) class. Social constructionists said that organizations are not a fixed entity; rather they are a kind of "variable" and "flexible" organism, continually constructed and modified by interactions among its members.

I would like make this course something enjoyable. I also want to lead this course to be very informative and supportive. These two paradoxical(?) motivations request your enthusiastic participation. With your help and my endeavor, I am sure that this course should be something fruitful!

Thank you again for taking this course.

Jang Kim
Your instructor