229 Pages
by
Routledge
229 Pages
by
Routledge
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This practical resource shows business professionals how to improve their decision-making skills and enhance their ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with co-workers and clients. The book covers a wide range of topics -- identifying tastes and preferences, personal skill assessment, cost-benefit analysis, risk and uncertainty, multi-tasking, human resource management, time... Read more
Part I Wants, Abilities, and Goals; Chapter 1 Tastes, Preferences, Wants, and Values; Chapter 2 Assessing Your Resources; Chapter 3 Choosing Goals and Criteria of Success; Part II Introduction to Evaluative Thinking; Chapter 4 Evaluating Simple Alternatives; Chapter 5 Weighing Present Versus Future Benefits (and Costs); Chapter 6 How to Think About Cost; Chapter 7 Allowing for Uncertainty; Chapter 8 Dealing With Risks; Chapter 9 Reconciling Multiple Goals; Part III Getting Useful Ideas and Knowledge; Chapter 10 Getting and Eliminating Ideas; Chapter 11 Experts, Expert Systems, and Libraries; Chapter 12 Using Scientific Discipline to Obtain Information; Chapter 13 Assessing Consequences and Likelihoods; Part IV Working With Information and Knowledge; Chapter 14 Pitfalls That Entrap Our Thinking; Chapter 15 My Favorite Worst Sources of Errors; Chapter 16 Good Judgment; Chapter 17 Self-Discipline and Habits of Thought; Chapter 18 Dealing With People, and Managing Them;
Biography
Julian L. Simon
