Decision Making Problem Solving category: 1513 books
Fit to Bust
How Great Companies Fail
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Fit to Bust is an eye-opening investigation of the causes of that failure - whether it's a global financial crisis or a single disastrous decision that undermines years of hard work. Tim Phillips casts a wry eye over the biggest business disasters of recent history to provide you with the inside story...
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cases and Materials
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or programme, often of a social nature and for society as a whole. CBA is fundamental to government decision-making and can be an effective tool for informed...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The proper understanding and managing of project risks and uncertainties is crucial to any organization. It is of paramount importance at all phases of project development and execution to avoid poor project results from meager economics, overspending, reputation and environmental damage, and even...
Solving Problems with Design Thinking
Ten Stories of What Works
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Design-oriented firms such as Apple and IDEO have demonstrated how design thinking can affect business results. However, most managers lack a sense of how to use this new approach for issues other than product development and sales growth. Solving Problems with Design Thinking details ten real-world...
by Maree Stachel-Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Are you stuck and unable to figure out if you want kids or not?
Do you find yourself feeling excited and ready for parenthood one day only to be confused and completely unsure the next?
Are you overwhelmed with trying to figure out what to do?
Parenthood is a massive decision to make - one...
by Brian "Iron Ed" Hiner
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
SEAL-style leadership—your best weapon in today’s complex business terrain
Beyond extreme physical and combat achievements, SEALs are known for mental toughness, bias for action, decisiveness, creative thinking, adaptability, and perseverance—all under...
Antifragile
Things That Gain from Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
***Antifragile *is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan,...
Change by Design, Revised and Updated
How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
The subject of “design thinking” is the rage at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press—due in large part to the work of IDEO, a leading design firm, and its celebrated CEO, Tim Brown, who uses this book to show how the techniques and strategies of design...
by Craig Gygi, Bruce Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
The fast and easy way to understand and implement Six Sigma
The world's largest and most profitable companies—including the likes of GE, Bank of America, Honeywell, DuPont, Samsung, Starwood Hotels, Bechtel, and Motorola—have used Six Sigma to achieve breathtaking improvements in business...
The New Rational Manager
An Updated Edition for a New World
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1997
One of the best-selling business books of all time, The New Rational Manager, describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 50 years. Whether you’re troubleshooting a major IT...
Leading Effective Meetings
Learn how to lead meetings that get real results
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about leading effective meetings with this practical guide.Meetings are a key part of office life in the 21st century, but frequently last much longer than expected and fail to lead to concrete decisions, leaving participants...
The Leader's Guide to Negotiation
How to Use Soft Skills to Get Hard Results
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
PLAY ON YOUR TERMS
Negotiation is THE core business skill. It is fundamental to everything we do that involves other people, whether that’s asking for a raise, pitching an idea or deciding who gets the coffee.
The Leader’s Guide to Negotiation is a highly practical...
SERIOUS MONEY...
It's just sitting there!
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Serious Money... it's just sitting there! is a "How To" book which provides methodology and tools to give you the ability to improve your organizations quality, operational efficiency, corporate responsibility, cash flow and profitability. It is a proven, results-oriented process. The...
Business Intelligence Success Factors
Tools for Aligning Your Business in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Praise for Business Intelligence Success Factors: Tools for Aligning your business in the Global Economy
"Olivia Parr Rud does a remarkable job of weaving together many topics in a strategic way. As 'quants,' we're fascinated with data and fact-based decision-making. But success only comes...