Why Decisions Fail : Avoiding the Blunders and Traps That Lead to Debacles.

By: Nutt, Paul CMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781605091495Subject(s): Decision making | Industrial management -- Decision makingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why Decisions Fail : Avoiding the Blunders and Traps That Lead to DebaclesDDC classification: 658.4 LOC classification: HD30.23.N883 2002Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- The Decision Debacles -- Chapter 1: Blunders that Launch a Decision Debacle -- Chapter 2: Traps that Catch Decision Makers -- Chapter 3: Decision-Making Processes Prone to Success and Failure -- Chapter 4: Traps in Failing to Lead the Effort with Agreed-Upon Claims -- Chapter 5: The Traps in Unmanaged Social and Political Forces -- Chapter 6: Traps in Misleading Directions -- Chapter 7: Traps in Limited Search and No Innovation -- Chapter 8: The Traps in Misusing Evaluation -- Chapter 9: Ethical Traps -- Chapter 10: Learning Traps -- Chapter 11: The Lessons: Avoiding the Blunders and Traps -- Appendix 1: The Decision-Making Research Project -- Appendix 2: Estimating Risk -- Appendix 3: Citations for the Debacles -- References and Selected Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- About the Author.
Summary: Nutt critiques 15 infamously bad decisions that became public debacles and offers business lessons based on decades of real-world research.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- The Decision Debacles -- Chapter 1: Blunders that Launch a Decision Debacle -- Chapter 2: Traps that Catch Decision Makers -- Chapter 3: Decision-Making Processes Prone to Success and Failure -- Chapter 4: Traps in Failing to Lead the Effort with Agreed-Upon Claims -- Chapter 5: The Traps in Unmanaged Social and Political Forces -- Chapter 6: Traps in Misleading Directions -- Chapter 7: Traps in Limited Search and No Innovation -- Chapter 8: The Traps in Misusing Evaluation -- Chapter 9: Ethical Traps -- Chapter 10: Learning Traps -- Chapter 11: The Lessons: Avoiding the Blunders and Traps -- Appendix 1: The Decision-Making Research Project -- Appendix 2: Estimating Risk -- Appendix 3: Citations for the Debacles -- References and Selected Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- About the Author.

Nutt critiques 15 infamously bad decisions that became public debacles and offers business lessons based on decades of real-world research.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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