The study of organizations suggests that many problems arise when resources are scarce or access to those resources is limited. In other cases, the resources may be available, but may be too costly, for example, in time or money, to make solving the problem a wise choice. Finally, in some cases, a problem originally identified as a resource issue may actually be caused by something quite different.
Consider your personal, academic, and professional experience. Identify a situation in which a problem was identified as resulting from limited resources or a limited access to resources.
Then consider how the affected parties approached the resource-related problem and whether they were successful.
Explain a situation in which a personal, academic, or workplace problem was identified as resulting from limited resources or a limited access to resources. Then explain how the affected parties approached the resource-related problem and why you think they approached the problem in this manner. Finally, explain whether or not the approach was effective.
Police officers arrive at a crime scene to investigate a robbery and shooting. The following four descriptions of the suspect are given by eyewitnesses (EW). These eyewitness descriptions are resources.
EW 1: He flashed about the store with the movement of a wolf, growling at people to get down on the floor.
EW 2: He was 6’2” tall with a scar over his eye, kind of like one that my uncle got in the first Gulf war from shrapnel.
EW 3: He drove away in a metallic gold 2004 Monte Carlo with double spinners on the wheels and no door handles—they had been filled in and painted over. The car was loud like there was no muffler on it. There was an emblem on the right-rear fender. He probably is a member of a gang.
EW 4: Given how many people are out of work in this section of town, he was probably laid off from one of the local garages since he wore a grease-stained, red-hooded sweatshirt.
Select two of the descriptions above to address in the Discussion.
Write a brief analysis of the impact these two descriptions have on the police officer’s problem-solving process.
