Steve W. Williams

Making Better Business Decisions

Understanding and Improving Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book will help readers deal with the hundreds of decisions that are faced every day.. It will demonstrate how: · The mind processes information · Biological, physiological, and psychological factors influence thinking · To better prepare yourself to address probable influences on your decisions · To unleash the creative potential in your mind This book outlines how people, especially those in business, make decisions . Making Better Business Decisions will enable decision-makers to: · Recognize and focus on the truly important decisions that require critical thinking · Analyze options more clearly and creatively · Reduce decisional time and effort · Improve judgement quality The awareness and application of the material contained in this book will enable professionals, academics and students not only to improve their own decisions, but will also provide the means to understand how and why decisions are made. This work will show how applying rational decisional techniques or intuition can solve repetitive and minor problems. This work breaks down critical thinking skills and creative problem solving techniques that can assist and help as decisions become more important and problems become more difficult in today's society and business environment. This book is a beneficial for professionals, academics and students in business and organizational behaviour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780761924227
• ISBN-10: 0761924221
• Artikelnr.: 20964567

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to Making Better Business Decisions
I. INTERNAL INFLUENCES ON DECISION MAKING
2. Biological Factors Influencing Decisions
3. Why We Don¿t Decide as We Should: The Influence of Want
4. Judgmental Biases Influencing Decisions
5. Perceptions of Risk and Decision Making
II. UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
6. Thinking Critically: How We Know What We Know
III. UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING CREATIVITY
7. Thinking Creatively
8. Improving Our Decisions
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