Making Tough Decisions: Tactics for Improving Managerial Decision Making (JOSSEY BASS NONPROFIT & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SERIES) - Hardcover

Nutt, Paul C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555421385 ISBN 13: 9781555421380

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1989

Synopsis

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Provides in-depth guidance for making tough decisions, that is, high-stake decisions surrounded by conflict and uncertainty. Details methods that help managers avoid the bias and habitual behavior that lead to poor decision making--and presents examples from public, private, and nonprofit organizations that show how to tailor these methods to different situations.

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From the Back Cover:

Management expert Paul C. Nutt provides in-depth guidance for making tough decisions, that is, high-stake decisions surrounded by conflict and uncertainty. Nutt details methods that help managers avoid the bias and habitual behavior that lead to poor decision making—and presents examples from public, private, and nonprofit organizations that show how to tailor these methods to different situations. He offers tools for managers to objectively evaluate their own decision making, enabling them to identify areas for improvement.

From the Inside Flap:

Provides in-depth guidance for making tough decisions, that is, high-stake decisions surrounded by conflict and uncertainty. Details methods that help managers avoid the bias and habitual behavior that lead to poor decision making—and presents examples from public, private, and nonprofit organizations that show how to tailor these methods to different situations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 1555421385
• ISBN 13: 9781555421380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 611