Real-Life Decision Making
Making life better for other people is important to you. While many people
grumble about having to go to work in the morning, you leave home with a bounce
in your step. That's because your job is heading up a nonprofit organization's
fund-raising campaign.
This year, you are particularly excited about how your team of volunteers
has been raising money to help people in need. You've worked with several
of these people in the past and you know they are passionate about the cause.
They trudge through snow, go house to house and brave cold hands, noses
and feet in order to raise money. You know that many of them are eager to
raise more money this year than last so that more people can get the help
they need.
Part of your job is checking to see how well you are moving towards the
target. Looking at a spreadsheet that outlines how much money
has been brought in this year, you compare the results with last year's
results.
You swallow a mouthful of coffee as you look down the rows of figures.
Most of the sectors are doing the same as last year or better.
Then you notice that one sector of the city that brought in a large amount
of money last year is having poor results this year. Last year this sector
raised $20,000 by this time in the campaign. This year it has only brought
in $5,000!
You look at another printout and check the name of the person canvassing
in that sector. It is someone that you do not personally know.
What do you do?