DECISION making

DECISION making

 
Turnaround Leadership Callaghan, Shaun O. Kogan Page , 2010 Change Management, Leadership

Crises constantly arise in the world of global business. All career managers will experience a crisis at some point, be it the aftermath of a recession or a change in the way consumers spend their money. Regardless of...

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The Deciding Factor Rosenberger, Larry | Nash, John Jossey-Bass , 2009 Business Strategy, Leadership

In The Deciding Factor, industry experts Larry Rosenberger and John Nash show how an organization can make better decisions through a combination of data, mathematics, and software, and ultimately...

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Secrets of Power Problem Solving Dawson, Roger Career Press , 2011 Leadership, Management

All organizations are faced with problems. Some react to their problems better than others and, in most cases, these organizations are more successful than organizations that stumble toward unwise decisions. Roger...

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How We Decide Lehrer, Jonah Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2009 Leadership, Technology

Life, whether personal or professional, is an endless round of decision-making. In How We Decide, Jonah Lehrer explores the process, drawing on decades of research and experiments, and on the stunning...

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Driven to Lead Lawrence, Paul R. Jossey-Bass , 2010 Leadership, Personal Growth

In Driven to Lead, Paul R. Lawrence describes how human beings are designed to balance the needs of four conflicting drives when making decisions. These drives—acquisition of the necessities for...

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The Compromise Trap Doty, Elizabeth Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2009 Personal Growth

In today’s corporate environment, many individuals feel pressured to compromise their values, principles, or beliefs. They compromise what they know is right because they believe that is what it takes to get ahead. But...

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Trade-Off Maney, Kevin Random House Books , 2009 Business Strategy

Most providers of products and services are confronted with trade-offs between fidelity and convenience, yet few business leaders choose to view their product and service strategy through this lens. In Trade-...

 
 
Consumer.ology Graves, Philip Nicholas Brealey Publishing , 2010 Customer Focus, Marketing

Market research in the form of consumer focus groups, polls, and surveys has long been the normal and accepted manner for testing new products, services, and communications materials. In Consumer.ology...

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The Failure of Risk Management Hubbard, Douglas W. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Strategy, Productivity

The Failure of Risk Management shows readers how to identify and fix the most common problems in risk management. Ineffective risk management methods, often touted as “best practices,” are passed from...

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The Stress Effect Thompson, Henry L. Jossey-Bass , 2010 Leadership, Productivity

As competition and economic pressures increase, business leaders are guaranteed to experience higher levels of stress. This can cause even leaders with proven track records to make bad decisions. In The Stress...

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