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Zusatztext Traditional thinking habits of businesses need to be greatly improved. Analysis and judgement are no longer enough to make important corporate decisions; you can analyse the past but you have to design the future. Corporate decisions depend on values. Disputes and conflicts often arise because of a clash of those values; each party in the dispute wants to pursue its own values! often at the expense of the other party. It is therefore essential that companies! managers and employees have a full understanding of the values of everyone involved to design a way forward that benefits all parties. From the bestselling author of How to Have a Beautiful Mind and Six Thinking Hats! this groundbreaking book provides a basis for value assessment! an essential tool in decision-making for 21st century corporations. De Bono demonstrates that values come into all areas of thinking! behaviour and decision-making and outlines a framework to focus employees' attention on a variety of values including human values! organisational values! cultural values and perceptual values. By introducing a scoring system to rate different values as strong! sound! weak or remote de Bono helps readers to prioritise and make executive decisions that count. Informationen zum Autor Edward de Bono studied at Christ Church, Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar). He also holds a PhD from Cambridge and an MD from the University of Malta. He has held appointments at the universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge and Harvard. In 1967 de Bono invented the now commonly used term 'lateral thinking' and, for many thousands, indeed millions, of people worldwide, his name has since become a symbol of creativity and new thinking. He has written numerous books, which have been translated into 34 languages, and his advice is sought by Nobel laureates and world leaders alike. www.debono.com Klappentext An inventive framework for making sound business decisions. Corporate decision-making requires a radical overhaul. Analysis and judgment are no longer enough because it's often a clash of values that causes disputes and conflicts. This groundbreaking book from a world authority on creative thinking provides a basis for values assessment -- an essential tool in corporate decision-making in the new century. De Bono demonstrates how values affect all areas of thinking, and outlines a framework to focus employees' attention on a variety of values including human, organizational, cultural and perceptual values. Zusammenfassung De Bono demonstrates that values come into all areas of thinking, behaviour and decision-making and outlines a framework to focus employees' attention on a variety of values including human values, organisational values, cultural values and perceptual values....
