Why decisions fail : avoiding the blunders and traps that lead to debacles / Paul C. Nutt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nutt, Paul C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decision making.

Industrial management--Decision making.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nutt critiques 15 infamously bad decisions that became public debacles and offers business lessons based on decades of real-world research.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; The Decision Debacles; Chapter 1: Blunders that Launch a Decision Debacle; Chapter 2: Traps that Catch Decision Makers; Chapter 3: Decision-Making Processes Prone to Success and Failure; Chapter 4: Traps in Failing to Lead the Effort with Agreed-Upon Claims; Chapter 5: The Traps in Unmanaged Social and Political Forces; Chapter 6: Traps in Misleading Directions; Chapter 7: Traps in Limited Search and No Innovation; Chapter 8: The Traps in Misusing Evaluation; Chapter 9: Ethical Traps; Chapter 10: Learning Traps; Chapter 11: The Lessons: Avoiding the Blunders and Traps

Appendix 1: The Decision-Making Research ProjectAppendix 2: Estimating Risk; Appendix 3: Citations for the Debacles; References and Selected Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-318) and index.

ISBN:

9786612299063

9781282299061

1282299069

9781605091495

1605091499

OCLC:

476226645