Ralph Sanders

The Executive Decisionmaking Process (eBook, PDF)

Identifying Problems and Assessing Outcomes

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Decisionmaking literature, which has emphasized the act of solving problems, has long neglected the need to identify problems as precisely as possible. This book examines the nature of problems and decisionmaking and their impact on people who direct an organization. It further focuses on how executives respond to take action at the upper levels of their organizations.

The book stresses problem identification, which executives frequently ignore because of their preoccupation with problem solving. It looks at the need to avoid viewing solutions as remedies achieved at predetermined milestones. It examines options other than solutions, such as accommodation and coping, and it looks at the executive environment associated with outcomes along a spectrum ranging from perfection, to progress, to failure. The author argues that executives should abandon the attempt to predetermine objectives over time and adopt a Problem Exchange Ratio (PER) concept. The executive then compares the status of problems over time, creating a ratio. The PER approach considers the problems that solutions themselves trigger. It then allows executives to see where they stand and suggests ways of ameliorating unwanted conditions. The author provides illustrative cases and episodes from both the public and private sectors. Combining theory and practical aspects of executive decisionmaking, this book gives the reader a fuller understanding of the link between decisions and problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313004438
• Artikelnr.: 68529378

Autorenporträt

RALPH SANDERS is J. Carlton Ward, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the National Defense University/Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He taught part-time at American University and at Johns Hopkins University, and served at the White House and on the staff of the secretary of defense. He is the recipient of the Army's highest civilian award. He has published extensively, including the books Arms Industries: New Supplies and Regional Security (1990) and International Dynamics of Technology (Greenwood Press, 1983).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Problem Identification Introduction Doing the Job The Information
Base Information Tendencies Different Prisms Critical Factors Hidden
Information Skills Alternate Outcomes Problem Substitution Degrees of
Effectiveness Perceived Outcomes References