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

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A proven decision-making system guides readers to the right choice every timeMake Up Your Mind provides author Hal Mooz's proprietary system for decision making. This approach consists of three decision-making models! including: the Decision Type Model! which characterizes what is at stake with any decision; the Decision Solution Model! which frames the most suitable alternatives; and the Decision Judgment Model! which provides ten bases for judging alternatives! some of which may be defensible and others that! although popular! may not be defensible to challenge. These models guide the reader's thinking to the most promising alternatives and the best choice.* A decision fit person enjoys the benefit of thinking clearly about decisions and their outcomes and is competent to act knowledgeably and decisively about creating the alternatives and judging them appropriately.Become decision fit. Think clearly and act decisively on your own decisions and help others to do the same. Zusammenfassung A proven decision-making system guides readers to the right choice every timeMake Up Your Mind provides author Hal Mooz's proprietary system for decision making. This approach consists of three decision-making models! including: the Decision Type Model! which characterizes what is at stake with any decision; the Decision Solution Model! which frames the most suitable alternatives; and the Decision Judgment Model! which provides ten bases for judging alternatives! some of which may be defensible and others that! although popular! may not be defensible to challenge. These models guide the reader's thinking to the most promising alternatives and the best choice.* A decision fit person enjoys the benefit of thinking clearly about decisions and their outcomes and is competent to act knowledgeably and decisively about creating the alternatives and judging them appropriately.Become decision fit. Think clearly and act decisively on your own decisions and help others to do the same. Inhaltsverzeichnis Why This Book? ixForeword Jeff Henley xiBackground and Acknowledgments xvPreface xixPART I Are You Decision Fit? 1CHAPTER 1 Decision Environment 3CHAPTER 2 Decision Fundamentals for Thinking Clearly 13CHAPTER 3 The Decision Type Frame 25CHAPTER 4 The Bases for Judgment 55CHAPTER 5 The Decision Solution Frame 83PART II Deciding 97CHAPTER 6 Process-Assisted Judgment 99CHAPTER 7 Fact-Based Judgment 107CHAPTER 8 Probability-Based Judgment 139CHAPTER 9 Group Decision Making 149CHAPTER 10 Summary 153Bibliography 157Index 159 ...

List of contents

Why This Book? ix

Foreword Jeff Henley xi

Background and Acknowledgments xv

Preface xix

PART I Are You Decision Fit? 1

CHAPTER 1 Decision Environment 3

CHAPTER 2 Decision Fundamentals for Thinking Clearly 13

CHAPTER 3 The Decision Type Frame 25

CHAPTER 4 The Bases for Judgment 55

CHAPTER 5 The Decision Solution Frame 83

PART II Deciding 97

CHAPTER 6 Process-Assisted Judgment 99

CHAPTER 7 Fact-Based Judgment 107

CHAPTER 8 Probability-Based Judgment 139

CHAPTER 9 Group Decision Making 149

CHAPTER 10 Summary 153

Bibliography 157

Index 159

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Henley, Hal Mooz
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2012
• EAN: 9781118172711
• ISBN: 978-1-118-17271-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration