Author: James Stein
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: decision, theory, secrets, mathematician, right, reveals
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-10-29
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0071614192
ISBN-13: 9780071614191
CAN YOU EVER BE SURE YOU’RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION? Should you stay in a comfy job with little chance of advancement-or take a riskier one in which you could make lots of money but also wind up on the street? Should you listen to a doctor who advises surgery-or trust another who tells you to wait and see if your condition improves? Should you remain in a cozy relationship without much spark-or cut your losses and search for your soul mate? Is there ever a “right” decision? Professor James Stein would argue yes, and in this provocative new
Author: Edward Russo
Publisher: Fireside
Keywords: decision, overcome, making, barriers, traps
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1990-10-15
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0671726099
ISBN-13: 9780671726096
Make Every Decision Your Best Decision Executives rate decision-making ability as the most important business skill, but few people have the training they need to make good decisions consistently. Becoming a good decision-maker is like training to be a top athlete: Just as the best coaches use training methods to help athletes develop proper techniques and avoid mistakes, Dr. J. Edward Russo and Dr. Paul J. H. Schoemaker have developed a program that can help you avoid "decision traps" -- the ten common decision-making errors that most people make over and over again. Dr. Russo and
Author: John C. & T. J. Elliott
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Keywords: decision, making, based, discovering, dna, reality
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2005-12-30
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0741429179
ISBN-13: 9780741429179
Decision DNA: Discovering Reality Based Decision Making targets today’s managers as they face the reality of a diverse globalized corporate environment. Serving as a guide to middle and senior level executives on how to conduct decision making within their organization, the book moves from an historical perspective of decision making, through the execution of the business decision-making process. The authors, well grounded in the real world of corporate decision making with over 80 years of experience, cover all major decision-making techniques. With over 400 references, the book will prove
Author: Craig W. Kirkwood
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Keywords: decision, spreadsheets, analysis, making, strategic, multiobjective
Number of Pages: 345
Published: 1996-07-15
List price: $119.95
ISBN-10: 0534516920
ISBN-13: 9780534516925
Intended for courses in multiobjective decision analysis or as a supplement to a first course in decision analysis, this text emphasizes practical applications and problem solving. Students learn how to use spreadsheets and other analytical tools in considering such important tradeoffs as cost versus quality and market share versus short-term return on investment.
Author: P.P. Wakker
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: decision, analysis, library, theory, foundation, representations, preferences, new, additive
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 1988-12-31
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 0792300505
ISBN-13: 9780792300502
Authors:Stephen R. Watson, Dennis M. Buede,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: decision, analysis, practice, principles, synthesis
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1988-01-29
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0521310784
ISBN-13: 9780521310789
This book provides a synthesis of the theory of decision making and its practical application in decision analysis. It gives an up-to-date account of the subject, and is intended for both students and specialists, and as a handbook for those who need to apply decision analysis in practice. Part 1 provides a detailed guide to the principles of decision theory. The authors introduce the literature on key ideas such as value theory, subjective probability theory and utility theory, and assess how these ideas, developed for individual decision makers, may apply to decision-making within organisati
