Decision Making
http://brainstorming.co.ukCreative Brainstorming. Countless brainstorming sessions are conducted by individuals and groups within organizations daily. We do not expect this trend to stop. To help you successfully facilitate and participate in a brainstorming session, this chapter provided a set of guidelines for conducting a brainstorming session. We did not, however, discuss different techniques that can be used to enhance individual and group creativity while brainstorming. The purpose of this exercise is for you to learn two techniques that can be used to enhance creative idea generation and to complete two creativity puzzles.
Begin the exercise by going to http://www.brainstorming.co.uk. Then click on "Training on Creative Techniques."
After a brief discussion about creativity, you will be given the option to learn more about a variety of different techniques that can be used to enhance creativity. Choose any two techniques and then answer questions 1 and 2.
Now return to the home page, and click on "Creativity Puzzles." Follow the instructions and attempt to complete two puzzles. Don't peek ahead to see the answers until you have tried to finish the activity. On the basis of your experience with these creativity puzzles, answer questions 3 and 4.

1			How might you use these techniques in a class project?
2			Should different techniques be used in different situations? Explain.
3			Why do these puzzles help people to think outside of the box?
4			How might these puzzles be used during a brainstorming session?

Ethical Decisions and Privacy
www.scu.edu Santa Clara University. In this chapter, ethical decision-making was discussed. Would you take advantage of a demographic of people to sell your products? Are you someone who entrusts your information to strangers? Go to www.scu.edu – Santa Clara University. In the search box type in "ethics" then click on "The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University" then click on "Internet Ethics" and then "Your Privacy Online." Take the Privacy Quiz then press "Submit" to see the answers.

5			Did you answer any of the questions correctly? Do you share information online that you would not share in other social situations? Is it ethical for a company to use your private information to conduct business? What kind of information can a business garner from social networking sites to conduct business?