Decision making is at the heart of managing. It is the retraceable expression of the process of organizing. Good decisions produce good outcomes for both the organization and the manager, and careers may be made or broken by a single decision. This book is a guide, designed for engineering managers, to the theory and practice of how good decisions are made and why poor decisions occur.
Part I : The Management Setting
Chapter 1 : Management
Chapter 2 : Organizations and Management
Chapter 3 : Engineers and Management
Part II : Analytical Decision Making
Chapter 4 : Decision Analysis
Chapter 5 : Multiattribute Choice and Other Rules
Chapter 6 : Engineering and Social Risk Analysis
Part III : Holistic Decision Making
Chapter 7 : Cognitive Processes
Chapter 8 : Individual Decision Behaviour
Chapter 9 : Group Decisions
Part IV : Strategic Decision Making
Chapter 10 : Strategic Decisions
Chapter 11 : Managing Strategic Decisions
Chapter 12 : Tools for Strategic Decision Management
References
Index of Sources and Main Topics (First Citation)
