Why decisions fail : avoiding the blunders and traps that lead to debacles

Why decisions fail : avoiding the blunders and traps that lead to debacles / Paul C. Nutt.

Why decisions fail critiques 15 infamously bad decisions that became public debacles. Including the Firestone tire recall and Quakers failed acquisition of Snapple, the author examines how these mistakes could have been avoided and explains how any organizations decision-making process can be improv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nutt, Paul C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Decision making.
decision making.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Decision-Making & Problem Solving.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Entrepreneurship.
Decision making
Besluitvorming.
Management.
Prise de décision.
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Table of Contents:
  • Blunders that launch a decision debacle
  • Traps that catch decision makers
  • Decision-making processes prone to success and failure
  • Traps in failing to lead the effort with agreed-upon claims
  • The traps in unmanaged social and political forces
  • Traps in misleading directions
  • Traps in limited search and no innovation
  • The traps in misusing evaluation
  • Ethical traps
  • Learning traps
  • The lessons : avoiding the blunders and traps.

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