1. In the space below, write a description of a situation involving yourself and your supervisor, and identify the mental models, actions, and consequences in that situation. Include your assumptions and your supervisor’s, relative to the situation being described.
2. Fill in the first table provided below with information about the situation you described in question one. See example on the second table below
Mental Model (Assumption) |
Actions |
Alternative Mental Model (Assumption) |
Actions |
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Mental Model (Assumption) |
Actions/Result |
Alternative Mental Model (Assumption) |
Actions/Result |
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Example #1 “Information is power.” |
Manager believes: The more information that I know personally makes me a more valuable employee. |
Manager distributes information on a need to know basis. Staff has limited access to knowledge-base data/information. Staff is uniformed and unhappy. |
Manager believes: “Data is the foundation of organizational improvement” |
Design a system that makes information easily accessible. Staff has access to knowledge-base data/information. Staff is kept informed, feel valuable/important, and happy. |
Example #2 |
Child made a mess in the kitchen, because child is being naughty. |
Parent scolds child. Child upset and cries. |
Child made a mess in the kitchen, because the child was trying to be helpful and make lunch. |
Parent eats food and has child help clean up. Child is happy. |
Mental model in an explanation of someone's thought process about how some thing works in real world.It is a representation of the surrounding world,the relationship between it's various parts and a person's intuitive perception about won acts and their consequences.
Situation: Submitting monthly report's to the supervisor. When submitting reports to the supervisor it little bit late due health problem in given month and absent to work for some days.
In this situation supervisor assumption is Particular person was neglect in duty. My assumption ,supervisor think am irresponsible in work.
Consequences and action in this situation supervisor put an absent to duty and cutting salary for extra days. My action writing an explanation to higher authority.and asking apologize.
Hear used model is incentives model that is giving punishment for particular reason.
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