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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779834903321

Autore

Hughes Jeffrey W

Titolo

Environmental problem solving [[electronic resource] ] : a how-to guide / / Jeffrey W. Hughes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : University of Vermont Press

Hanover, : Published by University Press of New England, c2007

ISBN

1-61168-519-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

363.705

Soggetti

Environmental management

Problem solving

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 | What Problem-Solving Success (and Failure) Looks Like; 2 | How to Avoid Strangling Other Problem Solvers; 3 | How to Think More Like Albert Einstein and Less Like Homer Simpson; 4 | "DOC'S KEY": A Road Map to Problem-Solving Success; 5 | Soapboxes, Bandwagons, and Real Problems: The "D" in DOC'S KEY; 6 | The Yellow Brick Road: The "O" and "C" in DOC'S KEY; 7 | How to Pull Ideas Out of Thin Air: The "S" in DOC'S KEY; 8 | How to Make Decisions That You Won't RegretLater: The "K" in DOC'S KEY

9 | How to Make Good Strategies Better: The "E" and "Y" in DOC'S KEY10 | Another Look at Problem-SolvingSuccess and Failure; 11 | Go Forth and Move the World! Part I; 12 | Go Forth and Move the World! Part II; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A practical, user-friendly toolbox of skills, solutions, and tips for addressing the ""people factor"" in environmental challenges.