Decision Making Problem Solving category: 1513 books
Business Analytics for Managers
Taking Business Intelligence Beyond Reporting
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
The intensified used of data based on analytical models to control digitalized operational business processes in an intelligent way is a game changer that continuously disrupts more and more markets. This book exemplifies this development and shows the latest tools and advances in this field
Business...
by Michelle Baddeley
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Behavioural economics and behavioural finance are rapidly expanding fields that are continually growing in prominence. While orthodox economic models are built upon restrictive and simplifying assumptions about rational choice and efficient markets, behavioural economics offers a robust alternative...
by H. Evan Woodhead
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Break free of the pack? Embrace the illogical? In life, business, research and education, it’s often more “go with the flow” than defy what you know.But will going with the flow overcome the unprecedented challenges we face today? Not likely, says author H. Evan Woodhead in The Power of Paradox:...
How to Get to Great Ideas
A system for smart, extraordinary thinking
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
What makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from?
The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving...
MisLeadership
Prevalence, Causes and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
The 'MisLeadership' of this book's title is a description of the phenomenon the authors have uncovered through their analysis of the validity, or otherwise, of current leadership styles and achievements, in the light of the challenges leaders face, and particularly of the urgent global issues with...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
This volume explores how and why people make judgments and decisions that have economic consequences, and what the implications are for human well-being. It provides an integrated review of the latest research from many different disciplines, including social, cognitive, and developmental psychology;...
How to Do It Alone
The Art of Solving Merchandise and Service Problems and Navigating the Judicial System
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Products and services cost money, but they often dont work as well as advertised if they work at all.
When youre wronged, you shouldnt just accept it: You should fight back! This guidebook gives you the tools and information you need to:
get media attention to help solve the problem;
decide...
Human Judgment and Social Policy
Irreducible Uncertainty, Inevitable Error, Unavoidable Injustice
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 1996
From the O.J. Simpson verdict to peace-making in the Balkans, the critical role of human judgement--complete with its failures, flaws, and successes--has never been more hotly debated and analyzed than it is today. This landmark work examines the dynamics of judgement and its impact on events that...
Moving Beyond Compromise
Why Stop There?
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
The process of making decisions is integral to life. We make decisions every day, from what to have for breakfast to critical issues of life and business. When two or more people are involved in making those decisions, the process often involves "compromise" and can be complicated by the...
by Peter Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
This 'passport to creativity' is a short illustrated guide to creating entirely new things, making creative improvements to anything, and solving all kinds of problems. It uses the 'IdeaTree', a five-part colour-coded diagram of process which enables all stages to be clearly visualised - and applied.
The...
Judgment
How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2007
“With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters.”
Whether we’re talking about United States presidents, CEOs, Major League coaches, or wartime generals, leaders are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and...
Making Questions Work
A Guide to How and What to Ask for Facilitators, Consultants, Managers, Coaches, and Educators
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
This book is an invaluable desk reference for facilitators, leaders, coaches and anyone who wants to engage in more effective learning and decision-making conversations. It offers over 1700 rich questions that you can borrow or adapt to improve your inquiry skills, and provides clear frameworks that point to when, where, and why particular questions are most useful.
Business Policies in the Making (Routledge Revivals)
Three Steel Companies Compared
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
First published in 1983, this study investigates and compares three leading firms in the British iron and steel industry between 1914 and 1939, analysing their strategies, boardroom politics, and their responses to the problems posed by the Great War and by the vicissitudes of the 1920s and ‘30s....
by Felicity Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Making decisions is part of our everyday life. Sometimes the matter in question is something that is life-changing; sometimes it can be as mundane as what should you be wearing, but regardless of the gravity of the decision you have to make, we cannot move forward in life if we refuse to decide. Like...