Decision Making

Fast track route to mastering business decision making

Covers the key areas of decision making, from decision support systems and global templates to contemplation and implementation

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola, The Valio Group, Best Buy, and Scandic Hotels, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Mary Altomare, Mike Aristedes, David L. Cooperrider, Andre L. Delbecq, J. D. Eveland, Brian Hsieh, Don Mankin, Paul Nutt, Daniel Power, and Morris Raker

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

Introduction to Express Exec

Introduction

Definition of Terms: What is Decision Making?

The Evolution of Decision Making

The E-Dimension

The Global Dimension

The State of the Art

In Practice: Success Stories

Glossary

Resources

Ten Steps to Effective Decision Making

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Acknowledgements

Index STEPEHN P. FITZGERALD is a Los Angeles based organizational consultant specializing in collaboration among organizations for social change. He is the author of 'Appreciative Inquiry - The New Frontier' in Organization Development: Data Driven Methods for Change, J. Waclawski & A.H. Church (Eds). He has also written on social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs for the Financial Times of London website, and an appreciative inquiry for the Organization Development Journal. Steve has presented papers at various academic conferences in the UK and the US, including the American Academy of Management. Fast track route to mastering business decision making

Covers the key areas of decision making, from decision support systems and global templates to contemplation and implementation

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola, The Valio Group, Best Buy, and Scandic Hotels, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Mary Altomare, Mike Aristedes, David L. Cooperrider, Andre L. Delbecq, J. D. Eveland, Brian Hsieh, Don Mankin, Paul Nutt, Daniel Power, and Morris Raker

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.

ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:

01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work

ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.