For this week’s assignment you will consider the issue CEO Martin Thomas faces. Thomas has never had a human resources manager for his manufacturing firm.  Individual managers have handled the hiring, firing, orientation and training of employees.  While each division has a policy manual related to the managing of division employees there is no manual that addresses the personnel policies and procedures for the entire organization and there are often different “rules” among the departments, which sometimes creates conflict across departments. Thomas has asked you to help him make a decision as to whether or not he should hire a human resources manager.

For this assignment you should research decision making approaches and apply one approach in deciding whether you feel Thomas should hire a human resources manager.  You will prepare a 2- to 3-page paper justifying your decision and describing the decision making approach you used.

For this assignment, you will do the following:

Locate three peer-reviewed articles on decision making.
Read each article and consider your own opinion of the issue.
Write a 2- to 3-page paper offering a decision based on the facts in this case.  You should explain the decision making style you applied to this case.
Be sure to use effective written communication strategies to convey your ideas.
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

Be 2-3 pages in length
Include at least three outside sources, in addition to properly citing information
Be formatted according to APA guidelines