{"product_id":"highwire-management-9780470639481","title":"Highwire Management","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDraws on numerous examples of working managers in organizations such as Aetna, MCI, and NASA to explain and illustrate how to manage the risk-taking process from start to finish, while giving careful consideration to the pros and cons of each risk. Offers specific, practical tactics and provides easy-to-use instruments that will help managers set priorities and develop risk-taking strategies and skills.  \u003cp\u003ePortraits of working managers in organizations such as Aetna, MCI, nad NASA illustrate how to manage the risk-taking process from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Value of Risk Taking.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1. The New Realities: Walking the Management Highwire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Excellence and Innovation: The Rewards of Risk Taking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Building Strong Risk-Taking Skills.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Assess Your Boundaries, Traits, and Assumptions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Reframe Your Perceptions: Avoiding the Distortion Factors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Improve Your Decision Making: Taking the Right Risk at the Right Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Confront Your Emotions: Handling the Roller Coaster Rides.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Reduce the Dangers: Risk Taking Is Not Risk Free.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Survive the Failures: Dealing with the Downside of Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Keeping Risk Alive: Encouraging Effective Risk Taking in Yourself and Others.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Nurture Your Skills: Learning by Taking Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Foster Risk Taking in Others,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Research Notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402384154967,"sku":"9780470639481","price":29.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470639481.jpg?v=1730480232","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/highwire-management-9780470639481","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}