The Dynamic Decision Maker: Five Decision Styles for Executive and Business Success (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

A practical, results-driven approach to decision making, detailing a strategy made up of five readily identifiable styles: decisive, flexible, hierarchic, integrative, and systemic. Shows how knowing which style works best--and being able to consciously move from one style to the next--can improve performance, career opportunities, and personal and organizational effectiveness. Reveals how to identify these decision styles both in oneself and in supervisors, direct reports, and peers. Shows how to adapt and develop appropriate styles for the range of situations managers confront daily--from handling routine business transactions to dealing with crisis situations.

MICHAEL J. DRIVER is cofounder and chairman of Decision Dynamics Corporation and professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California. KENNETH R. BROUSSEAU is president of Decision Dynamics Corporation and was a member of the faculty at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business. PHILLIP L. HUNSAKER is professor of management and director of management programs in the School of Business Administration at the University of San Diego.