{"product_id":"designing-solutions-for-your-business-problems-9780787967659","title":"Designing Solutions for Your Business Problems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning Solutions for Your Business Problems\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for managers and consultants who help organizations resolve ambiguous problems and develop new opportunities. Taking a hands-on, practical approach, Betty Vandenboscha leading management consultant and educatoroutlines the details on how to conduct a proven process for designing solutions.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning Solutions for Your Business Problem\u003c\/i\u003es will teach you how to curtail investigation and generate and justify ideas without sacrificing thoroughness, creativity, persuasiveness, and fit. You will be able to capitalize on more opportunities, and your problem-solving skills will become more efficient and your solutions more compelling. This book will help you design better solutions and design them faster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetty Vandenbosch offers a variety of useful techniques such as the scooping diagram, which provides a framework for action, and the logic diagram, which tests the validity of a potential solution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It elegantly, concisely, and persuasively shows consultants how to more effectively structure their problem solving.\" (\u003ci\u003eConsulting to Management\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol 15. No. 4, 6\/1\/2004)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTables \u0026amp; Figures.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Getting Started.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. All Problems are Local: Understanding the Situation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. What's the Point? Agreeing on the Objective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. People Have to be Interested: Building Relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing the Tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Planning the Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Size Matters: Determining The Scope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Less is More: Constructing Hypotheses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. How, When, and Who? Planning the Effort.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. People Have to be a Part of It: Nurturing Commitment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing the Tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three; Designing the Solution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Not Just the Facts: Building the Logic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. If You Can't Choose, You Lose: Designing the Solution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Who's Going to Do It? Driving Execution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing the Tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Mapping Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Interviewing to Collect Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Use the CD-ROM.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405046128983,"sku":"9780787967659","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787967659.jpg?v=1730488486","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/designing-solutions-for-your-business-problems-9780787967659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}