{"product_id":"strategic-decision-making-9780471486992","title":"Strategic Decision Making","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGood decision making is crucial to good management and successful strategic planning. Sadly the decision making capabilities within organisations are often poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"..this series has much to commend it...\" (Modern Management, February 2002)   \u003cp\u003e\"…a fascinating and readable combination of psychological theory, paper and pencil thought problems and quotations from contemporary media…\" (Productivity Digest, May 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Foreword by \u003ci\u003eDigby Jones\u003c\/i\u003e ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the author xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Challenging Routines 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuccess formulas 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrames of reference 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Decision Making in Management Teams 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroupthink 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlleviating groupthink 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Overcoming Overconfidence 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverconfidence 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfirmation bias 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHindsight bias 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpert predictions 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlleviating overconfidence 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 How to Think with Scenarios 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScenario planning 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScenario construction: the extreme World method 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing scenarios in decision making 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScenario construction: the driving-forces method 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe benefits of scenario planning 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Dealing with Decision Dilemmas 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvoiding difficult decisions 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase study of a management team facing a decision dilemma 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with psychological reactions to difficult decisions 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Expectation and Decision Making 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecision trees 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlame culture and risk taking 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 How to Make Trade-offs 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimplifying choices can result in poor decisions 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking trade offs 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Harnessing the Minds of Managers 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategy development 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA technique for the facilitation of strategic thinking 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe role of the facilitator 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons from this book 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 141\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037070557527,"sku":"9780471486992","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471486992.jpg?v=1750934252","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/strategic-decision-making-9780471486992","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}