Make Up Your Mind: A Decision Making Guide to Thinking Clearly and Choosing Wisely - Hardcover

Mooz, Hal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 111817271X ISBN 13: 9781118172711

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

A proven decision-making system guides readers to the rightchoice every time

Make Up Your Mind provides author Hal Mooz’sproprietary system for decision making. This approach consists ofthree decision-making models, including: the Decision Type Model,which characterizes what is at stake with any decision; theDecision Solution Model, which frames the most suitablealternatives; and the Decision Judgment Model, which provides tenbases for judging alternatives, some of which may be defensible andothers that, although popular, may not be defensible to challenge.These models guide the reader's thinking to the most promisingalternatives and the best choice.

• A decision fit person enjoys the benefit of thinking clearlyabout decisions and their outcomes and is competent to actknowledgeably and decisively about creating the alternatives andjudging them appropriately.

Become decision fit. Think clearly and act decisively on yourown decisions and help others to do the same.

About this title

About the Author

Hal Mooz is cofounder of a training and consulting company dedicated to training in project management, systems engineering, systems management, and related disciplines. He consults to government agencies and private organizations, including AT&T, NASA, Lockheed Martin, and numerous others. He has trained more than 10,000 high-technology project managers. His book Visualizing Project Management was selected by MIT, Stanford, Naval Postgraduate School, The George Washington University, and others for graduate classes and professional development programs. He is the co-creator of the University of California Project Management Training Program and a co-developer of the Stanford University Systems Engineering Certificate Program. Hal Mooz is a Certified Systems Engineering Professional and a Certified Project Management Professional. He earned the CIA's Seal Medallion and was named an INCOSE Pioneer.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Make Up Your Mind

"Our universities educate us in languages, arts, mathematics,sciences, and social studies. Our companies train us in teambuilding, managing personalities, leadership styles, and so on.However, no one prepares us for the most important activity in ourlives: decision making. Decisions define our lives, our careers,our businesses, our family choices, our financial future,everything about us. Make Up Your Mind addresses thisneglected but most important aspect of our very being."
—Dave House, Chairman, Brocade Corporation; formerSenior VP, Intel Corporation; and retired CEO, Bay Networks

"In this book, Hal Mooz reveals the secrets to great decisionmaking in all facets of life. This is a book that will help anyonemake better decisions. From senior executives to teenagers, fromartists to salesmen, Make Up Your Mind will give you thetechniques you need to succeed through better decision making. LetHal be your coach and take your decision-making skills to the nextlevel."
—Frederick Giarrusso, Stanford University PhD,Decision Analysis; CEO, Stealth10, Inc.

"In his new book, Hal Mooz distills the key elements of agraduate program in project management into a guide for makingbetter decisions that can be used by anyone. After reading hisbook, I find myself analyzing every decision in a new systematicand rational way. This book will be equally valuable to the familydeciding which vehicle to buy, the teenager deciding which collegeto attend, and the businessperson deciding which direction to taketheir company. It has changed my very way of approaching everydecision I have to make."
—Roger W. Fuller, cofounder, Maxim Integrated ProductsInc.

"Here's a comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to how we formjudgments from the very analytical to the mostly unconscious andthen make decisions. Use this book to learn how you are makingjudgments. Use this book to improve how you make decisions. Thereis nothing else like this book on the market."
—Mike Duffy, Dean, Strategic Relations, University ofSan Francisco

From the Inside Flap

Why do people buy cars, electronics, and other expensive productsthat have received terrible reviews? Why would a presidentjeopardize his entire legacy by having an inappropriaterelationship with an intern? Why would NASA ignore the advice ofengineers, resulting in catastrophe for the Challenger and Columbiashuttle flights? Disastrous decisions are often made, and fornearly every poor choice, better alternatives have existed.

Make Up Your Mind outlines author Hal Mooz's system foridentifying those better alternatives and becoming Decision Fit.Decisions, good or bad, can have a significant effect on yourfuture, your family's future, and your organization's future.Mooz's Decision Fitness approach consists of three decision-makingmodels: the Decision Type Model, which characterizes what is atstake with any decision; the Decision Solution Model, whichidentifies the most suitable alternatives; and the DecisionJudgment Model, which provides ten bases for judging suitablealternatives. These models guide your thinking to the mostpromising choice.

This step-by-step guide to exercising sound judgment includescritical advice, including how to:

• Specify the decision and the context

• Type the decision

• Characterize the alternatives

• Create alternatives and assess comparative information

• Knowledgably select the right judgment basis

• Skillfully apply the appropriate judgment process

• Effectively manage power and peer pressure

• Objectively make the judgment and decisively implement theaction

People make hundreds of thousands of decisions in a lifetime,and for each one, Make Up Your Mind provides the clarity andthe techniques to employ good judgment in your own life and toinfluence the decision making of others that you mentor. Here isthe key to becoming Decision Fit.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111817271X
• ISBN 13: 9781118172711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192