Management decision making Books

When budgets are dwindling, deadlines passing, and tempers flaring, who gets the blame? Project specialist Todd Williams offers a solution to ensure it isn't the project managers--or anyone, for that matter. Discover his trusted process for resuscitating...

From starting her first business at age eighteen in Rhodesia, to creating high-performing teams and revitalising organisations across four continents, Marilyn has survived many pitfalls and crushing blows, only to get back up and give it her all once...

Organisational innovator and operational designer Scott Williams introduces the Atomic Innovation model. It's a description of how to make innovation a reality for any business large or small by understanding and...

Go on a journey that will reshape your thinking about change; unravel the complexity of humans, unearth reasons for resistance, uncover obstacles and opportunities, and unleash the chaos. Whether at home, at work or in your community and regardless of...

An essential guide to practicing the cognitive skills needed for making better decisions in the age of data, algorithms, and AI. Data promised to make decisions easier. Algorithms promised to reduce how many decisions we need to make. AI promises-or...

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...

The phrase “critical thinking” is not found in the Holy Bible. However, one who is guided by biblical principles is not exempt from applying, or at least considering, the practical worldview critical thinking process that leads to making good...

Uncertain Decisions: Bridging Theory and Experiments presents advanced directions of thinking on decision theory - in particular the more recent contributions on non-expected utility theory, fuzzy decision theory and...

Multicriterion Decision in Management: Principles and Practice is the first multicriterion analysis book devoted exclusively to discrete multicriterion decision making. Typically, multicriterion analysis is used in two...

Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) has been one of the fastest growing problem areas in many disciplines. The central problem is how to evaluate a set of alternatives in terms of a number of criteria. Although this...

On Some Revenue Matters: Chiefly In The Province Of Oudh is a book written by I. F. Macandrew and originally published in 1876. The book provides an in-depth analysis of revenue matters in the province of Oudh, a region in northern India. Macandrew, who...

Brian Tracy has devoted more than 25 years to studying the time management practices of successful people in every arena. This book is the result. Overflowing with quick and effective time-saving strategies, Time Power reveals the secrets to being more...

When you and your team are feeling mentally drained, these fifty brainstorming activities can help spark creative solutions, fast.

Yes Means Yes Everything Else Means No. "What the hell does that mean" is more than a book; it's a philosophy that can revolutionize how we approach decisions. Rooted in the simplicity of its title, the book excapsulates the essence of purposeful...

Chris Dreyer didn't begin his professional journey thinking he would establish one of the most successful SEO agencies in the country. In fact, he studied history in college and landed his first job as a detention room supervisor for a local high school...

You've hit a wall with your financial advisory business. You're burnt out, overwhelmed, or don't know how to keep growing your company. Whether you want to earn more revenue or break into other markets, you need to infuse something new into your business...

THE NAVY’S SILENT WARRIORS LIVE AND BREATHE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. How does a group of 130 men with an average age of 25 operate a nuclear power plant in the ocean's harshest environments while conducting complex clandestine operations aboard...

Pave Your Path to Greater Wisdom with Mastery Over Critical ThinkingIn the realm of personal and professional success, there is one skill that outshines all others - critical thinking. "Reflections on Reason: A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking" is...

For someone with a hammer the whole world looks like a nail. Within the last 10-13 years Binar·y Decision Diagmms (BDDs) have become the state-of-the-art data structure in VLSI CAD for representation and ma­ nipulation of...

Computer Science and Operations Research continue to have a synergistic relationship and this book - as a part of the Operations Research and Computer Science Interface Series - sits squarely in the center of the confluence...

Beliefs, Interactions and Preferences in Decision Making mixes a selection of papers, presented at the Eighth Foundations and Applications of Utility and Risk Theory (`FUR VIII') conference in Mons, Belgium, together with a...

""Dell'Anticresi"" ����� un libro scritto da Giuseppe Mirabelli nel 1888. Il testo tratta dell'anticresi, un contratto che prevede il prestito di un immobile a fronte del pagamento di un canone annuo, con la possibilit������ di riscattare l'immobile...

Many of the issues on which meaningful research is founded are seldom discussed; for example, the role of everyday experience, diversity and coherence of meaning in the world, the meaningfulness and wider mandate of research, the very nature and validity...

Models of Scenario Building and Planning offers a unique and innovative exploration of the scenario approach. Importance is given to analysis of the competitors' behaviour. If Models of Scenario Building Planning (MSBP) is there to serve strategy, it...

If you work with engineers, EXPECT Leadership in Engineering is the Leadership Process for you. It is most helpful to those actively leading technical experts in a rapidly changing, highly interconnected company. The ideas will inspire you. The action...

This Executive Edition of the EXPECT LEADERSHIP series is designed to ignite and sharpen your leadership skills. You will find fresh ideas in this book that maximize your leadership impact. And you’ll discover new benefits each time you apply the...

There is a new definition of success for the modern day entrepreneur. The only route to its attainment is through the mastery of your inner game. Whether you're looking for your first big win in business, or you've already had some success but found...

How can Generation Z succeed at work?We spend our years in high school and university preparing to join the workforce. However, many recent or soon-to-be graduates find themselves full of questions. How do I get my dream career? What kind of work is best...

Tell Me About the Hard Part of running your business... As a business leader or 'solopreneur,' this simple prompting may lead your mind down a long list of challenges such as hiring, firing, establishing worthwhile collaborations, and gaining access...

Think critically. Improve your decision-making. Control your thoughts. Sort out irrational fears. Cluttered, neurotic thoughts invade our mind more often than we realize and we end up living our life in anxiety, triggered by thoughts...

Have you ever bought the wrong product, made the wrong investments, overpaid for products or services, or made any other costly decisions completely unintentionally? If you are like most people, you surely did so. We all make these mistakes, probably...

Why are some teams, businesses, countries and cultures successful and enduring, and some not? The book describes practical applications of collective intelligence, and unlocks the secrets of highly successful teams at all levels in corporations and...

Leaders often have to make decisions without complete information, and those decisions need to be both right and timely. Using reflective techniques can help you learn to depend on your intuition for help in making good decisions quickly. Reflective...

""Beitrag zur Geschichte der Steuer-Reform im Reiche und in Preu�����en (1881)"" von Eilers, Th. ist ein historisches Werk, das sich mit der Entwicklung der Steuerreform in Deutschland und insbesondere in Preu�����en im Jahr 1881 befasst. Der Autor...

You're intentional about becoming the best and most successful leader you can be. You're always looking for ways to improve and grow because you know it's central to your success and your organization's success. Books or seminars may prove disappointing...

You have built your business from the ground up and you are finally ready to sell. However, you might be facing three major problems:1.       You don’t know enough qualified buyers that will pay what your company...

Russell Lincoln Ackoff is a recognized authority in the field of operations research and systems theory. This volume is divided into four major sections. The first deals with Ackoff's intellectual roots in the American pragmatic tradition. The second...

Discover how the principles of extreme adventure can lead to extraordinary business success.What can a life-or-death adventure expedition teach you about leading a successful team or business? How does the act of navigating through Africa's untamed...

In cooperative games, one generally assumes that the agents know exactly the joint (monetary) gains that can be achieved by any possible coalition of cooperating agents. In reality, however, only little is known with...

ELECTRE and Decision Support focuses on the areas of engineering and infrastructure investment. It begins with some general comments about the different decision components within the project planning process - the definition...

The last decade has experienced major societal challenges at the intersection of technological systems and policy making. Prevalent examples are the liberalization of energy and telecommunications markets, the public aversion...

Taking advantage of the many specialists visiting Spain prior to the INFORMS Meeting in Barcelona, hold from July 14th to July 17th 1997, we organized a work­ shop on Decision Analysis Applications at the Real Academia de...

Multiple Criteria Decision Making and its Applications to Economic Problems ties Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM)/Multiple Objective Optimization (MO) and economics together. It describes how MCDM methods (goal...

Discretionary Managerial Behavior presents a quantification of the managerial behavior within decentralized organizations. The volume provides practical insights into the internal functioning of the firm, the relationships...