The Effect of Technology – Personal Decision Sheet
Directions: For this exercise, one must assume the following conditions are actual
Your Dilemma: You are to assume that you are a member of the board of directors of a large, well-known information tech company, “QLT”. The company is a large company manufacturing electric cars that require pragmatic and practical technology assimilation and implementation to support high-end cars, customer value, overall satisfaction, and deliverability. You and your fellow board members are discussing how to understand modern technologies that support effective, cost-effective, and feasible performance.
Each board of directors’ member has been handed a list of nine possible ways workers could be allowed to participate in company decisions. Each member, including you, has been asked to rank these possible policies from best to worst. You are to rank order the choices from the one you believe is best (with a “1”) to the one you believe is worst (with a “9”). Each member of the board is asked to keep in mind the image of the company, the volume of company sales, profits, and the history of work stoppages engaged in by workers as she or he rank orders the possible ways in which workers could be given a more significant voice in economic policymaking.
The nine possibilities that you are to rank in order are:
A ) The company “QLT” needs to invest in research and development to improve battery technology by exploring available battery materials, including electrodes, electrolytes, and separators, to enhance energy density, lifespan, and safety. Comment by Jeffrey M Byford (jmbyford): I specifically asked for you to not bold the options and to single-space in your draft. -1 Fix
B ) Invest in manufacturing infrastructure for battery production to meet increasing demand for efficient and durable electric vehicle batteries.
- C) Ensuring battery recycling through developing and implementing efficient battery recycling processes to recover valuable materials and reduce environmental impact, such as closed-loop recycling systems.
D ) The company should explore alternative technologies in battery chemistry, such as solid-state batteries or Lithium-Sulphur batteries, offering potential advantages including energy density, safety, and cost.
E : Integration of renewable energy through platforms such as solar and wind power in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, reducing emissions associated with electric vehicle manufacturing and charging.
F ) The company needs to practice standards and compatibility by working with industry stakeholders to establish a common standard for battery technology and charging infrastructure, promoting interoperability, and hence widespread applications of electric vehicles.
Decision Sheet
Directions: Of critical importance is for the company to choose one fundamental and bet on the available possible solutions.
Once I have listed the order of the best to the least possible solution, I will provide a rationale for the decision that I will use to provide a solution to the case. As the assigned Quality Control team, the possible actions I select to be taken by the QC team in providing solutions to the QLT Company are:
__ Option A: The QLT Company needs to invest in research and development to improve battery technology by exploring available battery materials, including electrodes, electrolytes, and separators, to enhance energy density, lifespan, and safety.
__ Option B: Invest in manufacturing infrastructure for battery production to meet increasing demand for efficient and durable electric vehicle batteries.
__ Option C: Ensuring battery recycling through the development and implementation of efficient battery recycling processes to recover valuable materials and reduce environmental impact, such as closed-loop recycling systems.
__ Option D: The company should explore alternative technologies in battery chemistry, such as solid-state batteries or Lithium-Sulphur batteries, offering potential advantages including energy density, safety, and cost.
__ Option E: Integration of renewable energy through platforms such as solar and wind power in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, reducing emissions associated with electric vehicle manufacturing and charging.
__ Option F: The company needs to practice standards and compatibility by working with industry stakeholders to establish a common standard for battery technology and charging infrastructure, promoting interoperability, and hence widespread applications of electric vehicles.
The three best possible actions I provide for the QLT organization battery problem are:
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Of the three decisions listed above, the best is:
My rationale for this decision is as follows:
Questions for Review and Reflection Comment by Jeffrey M Byford (jmbyford): Proper font size. Fix
Suggested follow-up questions focus on and guide inquiry, reflections, and learning.
- What is the contribution of research and development in battery technology to electric car manufacturing companies?
- Can an effective investment in manufacturing infrastructure for batteries solve the battery problem?
- How do electric vehicle manufacturing companies support government regulations and compliance?
- What is the implication of recycling through the development and implementation of efficient battery recycling processes?
- How does the integration of renewable energy through platforms such as solar and wind power in electric vehicle charging infrastructure influence battery technology in electric vehicle manufacturing companies?