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The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making - Hardcover

Altier, William J.

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9780195131963: The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195131967 ISBN 13: 9780195131963
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

In this indispensable book, a widely experienced business consultant provides a complete set of analytical tools essential to successful trouble-shooting, effective planning, and making better decisions faster, more confidently, and more often.
How can you help your company solve a problem in just a few days that's been plaguing managers for three months? How can you bring a room of executives to a consensus on a critical decision that the CEO and his committee have been wrestling with for years? Of course, this is easier said than done. Indeed, not a week goes by without a major business media story about a company that has fallen on hard times and an executive that has resigned for "personal reasons." The root of the failure is usually ineffective decision-making processes, and ultimately, bad decisions. In The Thinking Manager's Toolbox, veteran consultant and renowned business thinker William J. Altier cogently presents the underpinnings of successful thinking processes and their applications, drawing on practical, real-world experiences. The first section explores the fundamentals of thinking, change, and the critical role that sound thinking processes play in effective problem solving. The second section, your basic toolbox, develops five, in-depth fundamental thinking processes. And a third section, the advanced toolbox, develops more specialized applications for creative problem solving.
Here then is a valuable primer for anyone, whether a middle manager or a CEO, seeking to solve problems and make better decisions more efficiently. The Thinking Manager's Toolbox is an invaluable resource for those seeking to develop the fundamental thinking processes necessary to perform with excellence.

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About the Author

William J. Altier is the President of Princeton Associates, Inc. He lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195131967
ISBN 13 
9780195131963
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240
Rating
  • 3.57 out of 5 stars
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