UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL
MANAGERIAL REPORT
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20/03/2015
Abstract
This report is prepared in response to a need which arose from the personal decision to purchase a new city car. In the following pages it will be attempted to answer burning questions regarding the decision making in the presence of multiple and conflicting criteria. By the use of appropriate techniques it will be illustrated the whole process of decision analysis taking into consideration decision maker’s belief and
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This report analyses the whole process which is followed in order to make a personal decision related with the buy a hatchback for city driving: from the identification and structuring of the problem to the appraisal of the alternative solution (French et all, 2009,pp 81).
As it happens in any imminent decision regarding a purchase, an assiduous market research is required. The brochures of the major automobile companies and the car web sites constitute the main information source which will be used for the designation of the criteria and the elicitation of their values. Due to the fact that the criteria which are taken into consideration are more than two, Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis(MCDA) will be applied. The MCDA is supported by the use of the IDS software. The data and its calculation as well as any output of IDS tool, are presented explicitly in the respective appendices.
2. Methodology
As it is referred above, the objective of this problem is to take a decision concerning the purchase of a new city car. For this reason, the article ‘Best city cars’ from the website carbuyer.co.uk (2014) is very helpful as it provides the best ten city cars among which the final decision will be made. All these city cars (alternatives) are available in different versions. Due to the limited budget (9000pounds) the decision making is focused on the economical model, widely well-known as S trim level. In this selection problem the car
The target for my recommendation, as I have said above, is the Family buyers "who needed versatile and practical transportation solutions" and as the definitive family 4x4. If one were to look at Exhibit 8 as provided in the study, it shows as part of the conjoint analysis that out of the highest SUV intenders, who preferred Quality and Safety, with Mean importance ratings of 4.5 and 4.3, were most important to people with children, with ratings of 4.5 and 4.4. Of the least importance to anyone was Status/Image, at 2.9. The importance of status and image had waned from the 80s, and the 90s now stressed on experiences and pragmatism. In line with this we see that from a mean importance of 4.1 for Off-road capability, of which was valued pretty evenly by all concerned.
The lease versus buy decision is usually tough for many managers since these two options are profitable for the company and bear advantages. Understanding the impact of the decision to buy or lease a vehicle is quite tough for the managers. However, by applying economic reasoning which takes into consideration the qualitative and quantitative influences of each of the alternatives, it is possible to make the decision making process much easier. Leasing provides the advantage of paying only the depreciation costs for the vehicle in addition to taxes and other fees while purchase requires the buyer to pay the full value of the vehicle in addition to taxes and other fees. The typical values for purchase finance repayments and lease monthly payments show that lessees pay much less than the purchasers. The economic analysis presented shows that the lease is a more advantageous option than the purchase option when taken for a longer period of time as a result of having a shorter breakeven point for the company or organization.
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