Question

In September 2017, Hurricane Irma was forecasted to have a major impact on South Florida; many were affected by her strong winds and water. Drinking water before and after Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys was scarce for South Florida residents.

• Imagine that on August 21, 2017, the Vice President of Distribution for Zephyrhills Water was notified that Hurricane Irma, a Level 4 hurricane may be on track to hit South Florida on September 10th, which of the three decision-making styles would the Vice President need to exhibit to ensure that South Florida residents are provided sufficient supplies of water? Provide support for your choice. Describe the possible plan of action.
• Imagine it's September 6, 2017, and the Vice President of Distribution for Publix was notified that Hurricane Irma, a Level 4 hurricane was on track to hit South Florida on September 10th, which of the three decision-making styles would the Vice President need to exhibit to ensure that South Florida residents are provided sufficient supplies of water? Provide support for your choice. Describe the possible plan of action.
• In reflection, what could leadership at these entities have done to better prepare before and after Hurricane Irma's arrival that would have had a lesser impact on the residents of South Florida.

Submit a 1 - 1.5 page, double-spaced essay document. Provide the reader with an introduction.

Answer 1

Decision making: This is termed as a cognitive process in which results in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternatives.Decision making process then focuses on making choices among the prevailing alternatives based on values,beliefs and preferences of the decision maker.

In the case where on September 2017, Hurricane Irma was forecasted to have a major impact on South Florida; many were affected by her strong winds and water. Drinking water before and after Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys was scarce for South Florida residents.

Supposing that that on August 21, 2017, the Vice President of Distribution for Zephyrhills Water was notified that Hurricane Irma, a Level 4 hurricane may be on track to hit South Florida on September 10th, which of the three decision-making styles would the Vice President need to exhibit to ensure that South Florida residents are provided sufficient supplies of water would include:

Directive

This is where the vice president of Zephyrhills Water would have used his prior knowledge and experience to choose the best course of action regarding to the projected water shortage based on the effect of the hurricane.

Conceptual skill

The vice president of Zephyrhills Water would ought to have applied this aspect,through a more relaxed approach,and amassing the necessary data from the forecasting companies such as number of days the hurricane will prevail thus designing a credible approach that would ensure that water planning and shortage is reduced.

Consultative

This focuses on taking action but also being informed by other stakeholders the best strategies to take the approach.In this regards then,the vice president of Zephyrhills Water would have been more keen on the effect of the hurricane through gaining some insight from other colleagues on the development of the best approach to resolve the issues of shortage.

Plan of action

There was need by the vice president of Zephyrhills Water to take a proactive action and focus on the alternative source of water,such as storage water,an aspect that could have reduced the menace of water shortage.

In the same note where on September 6, 2017, and the Vice President of Distribution for Publix was notified that Hurricane Irma, a Level 4 hurricane was on track to hit South Florida on September 10th, which of the three decision-making styles would the Vice President need to exhibit to ensure that South Florida residents are provided sufficient supplies of water.

The aspect of consultation measures ought to have prevailed as he could easily learn from the vice president of Zephyrhills on the major effects of unpreparedness and loses linked to it.

The vice president of publix could also have focused on delegating dimensions through delegating some team members to focus on the implications and loses linked with unpreparedness and the major loses linked with it by the competing firms such as Zephyrhills.

Autocratic this could have been generated from the past research and experiences learnt from the competitors,on scopes of losses in the market operations dues to slow action taking.

The possible plan of action would have been to focus on the major implications of the hurricane,make a credible plan of action such as generating an alternative source of water supply or creating a sustainable plan that would have rendered the people of south Florida with water for the prevailing season.

Explanation:

The two vice presidents would ought to have taken the process more effective,before the hurricane through developing contingencies plans regarding to water shortages and developing a mechanism that would be used to supply water in Southern Florida for the period which the hurricane was projected to prevail.

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