dilemma

(noun)

A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

Related Terms

Examples of dilemma in the following topics:

  • Growth through innovation

    • In his book, The Innovator's Dilemma, Christensen (1997) differentiates between "sustaining technologies" and "disruptive technologies".

  • Lie a Little Lie - Or Not

    • Here are those "dilemma paradigms," with a paraphrase of Kidder's true-life examples for each:
    • His dilemma is, "Should I spend several years in the program, putting myself in line to earn money for the boys' college tuition, or decline that option to spend time with them at a crucial developmental stage?"
    • I don't have answers to any of these dilemmas, and neither does Rushworth Kidder.

  • Elements to job design

    • Resource Allocation occurs when organizations decide to appropriate or allocate certain resources to specific jobs, tasks or dilemmas facing the organization.

  • Corporate Policies

    • Jones and Parker write, "Most of what we read under the name business ethics is either sentimental common sense, or a set of excuses for being unpleasant. " Many manuals are procedural form filling exercises unconcerned about the real ethical dilemmas.

  • Summary and references

  • Business Cases and Examples

    • "Case studies recount real life business or management situations that present business executives with a dilemma or uncertain outcome.

  • The paradox of the public pledge

    • I think of professionals as the value bearers for society, those particularly burdened and practiced to address the most difficult and sensitive human ethical dilemmas.

  • Doing business across cultures

    • Managers of businesses that conduct operations in an increasingly global environment face a dilemma when selecting and applying ethics to decisions in cross-cultural settings.

  • Long-Term Development

    • Lesson Study - to solve practical dilemmas related to intervention or instruction through participation with other professionals in systematically examining practice.

  • Scheduling Work

    • Resource Allocation occurs when organizations decide to appropriate or allocate certain resources to specific jobs, tasks or dilemmas facing the organization.