LEADER 07324nam 2200745 450 001 9910136416003321 005 20231107090943.0 010 $a1-119-14469-8 010 $a1-119-14468-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000604390 035 $a(EBL)4426982 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001623782 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16360870 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001623782 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14874804 035 $a(PQKB)10691043 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16277942 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14874805 035 $a(PQKB)20828704 035 $a(DLC) 2016000692 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4426982 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11163815 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL900924 035 $a(OCoLC)934382992 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781119144670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4426982 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000604390 100 $a20160317h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDecision quality $evalue creation from better business decisions /$fCarl Spetzler, Hannah Winter, Jennifer Meyer 210 1$aHoboken, New Jersey :$cWiley,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aTHEi Wiley ebooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-119-17665-4 311 $a1-119-14467-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDecision Quality: Value Creation from Better Business Decisions; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: The Decision Quality Framework; 1: The Power of Decisions; Decision Quality: A Framework for Better Decisions; Decision Skills Can Be Learned; Decisions versus Outcomes; Key Points to Remember; Endnotes; 2: The Requirements for Decision Quality; The Appropriate Frame; Creative Alternatives; Relevant and Reliable Information; Clear Values and Tradeoffs; Sound Reasoning; Commitment to Action; Judging the Quality of a Decision; Key Points to Remember; Endnotes 327 $a3: Getting to Decision QualityDeclaring the Need for a Decision; Setting the Decision Agenda; Understanding the Destination of Decision Quality; Avoiding Decision Traps and Biases; Designing the Decision Process through Diagnosis; Magnitude; Organizational and Analytical Complexity; Content Challenge; Likely Decision Traps; Tailoring to Fit the Decision; Key Points to Remember; Endnotes; Part II: The Six Requirements for DQ; 4: The Appropriate Frame; A Friday Afternoon Dilemma; The Key Components of a Frame; Purpose; Perspective; Scope; Framing the Friday Afternoon Dilemma 327 $aAn Extended Example: The House DecisionDeveloping an Appropriate Frame; The Decision Hierarchy: A Tool for Framing; Things that Can Go Wrong; Judging the Quality of a Decision Frame; Key Points to Remember; Endnotes; 5: Creative Alternatives; Characteristics of Good Alternatives; The Strategy Table: A Tool for Defining Alternatives; Things That Can Go Wrong; Judging the Quality of Alternatives; Key Points to Remember; Endnotes; 6: Relevant and Reliable Information; Information from a Decision Perspective; An Extended Example: Michael's Job Choice 327 $aStructuring the Relevant Information in a DecisionThe Decision Tree: A Tool for Structuring a Decision; What Is Reliable?; Things That Can Go Wrong; Judging the Quality of Information; Key Points to Remember; Endnotes; 7: Clear Values and Tradeoffs; Values and Tradeoffs for Decisions; Michael's Values and Tradeoffs; Values in a Business Context; Making Tradeoffs in Business Decisions; Step 1: Substitute Equivalent Monetary Amounts for Intangible Values; Step 2: Substitute Present Equivalent for Cash Flows Over Time; Step 3A: Substitute Expected Value for Uncertain Outcomes 327 $aStep 3B: If Needed, Use Risk Appetite to Calculate Certain EquivalentsThings That Can Go Wrong; Judging the Quality of Values; Key Points to Remember; Endnotes; 8: Sound Reasoning; Reasoning for Michael's Job Decision; Reasoning in More Complex Decisions; The Relevance Diagram: A Tool for Structuring Complex Decisions; The Decision Model: A Tool for Analyzing Complex Decisions; The Tornado Diagram: A Tool for Displaying the Relevance of Information; Flying Bars: A Tool for Displaying Overall Uncertainty; Things That Can Go Wrong; When to Get Help with Reasoning 327 $aThe Power of Iterating from a Simple Start 330 $a"Add value with every decision using a simple yet powerful framework Few things are as valuable in business, and in life, as the ability to make good decisions. Can you imagine how much more rewarding your life and your business would be if every decision you made were the best it could be? Decision Quality empowers you to make the best possible choice and get more of what you truly want from every decision. Dr. Carl Spetzler is a leader in the field of decision science and has worked with organizations across industries to improve their decision-making capabilities. He and his co-authors, all experienced consultants and educators in this field, show you how to frame a problem or opportunity, create a set of attractive alternatives, identify relevant uncertain information, clarify the values that are important in the decision, apply tools of analysis, and develop buy-in among stakeholders. Their straightforward approach is elegantly simple, yet practical and powerful. It can be applied to all types of decisions. Our business and our personal lives are marked by a stream of decisions. Some are small. Some are large. Some are life-altering or strategic. How well we make those decisions truly matters. This book gives you a framework and thinking tools that will help you to improve the odds of getting more of what you value from every choice. You will learn: The six element of decisions quality, and how to apply them The difference between a good decision and a good outcome Why a decision can only be as good as the best of the available alternative Methods for making both 'significant' and strategic decisions The mental traps that undermine decision quality and how to avoid them How to deal with uncertainty--a factor in every important choice How to judge the quality of a decision at the time you're making it How organizations have benefited from building quality into their decisions. Many people are satisfied with 'good enough' when making important decisions. This book provides a method that will take you and your co-workers beyond 'good enough' to true Decision Quality"-- Provided by publisher. 330 $a"Aimed at executive and management-level decision makers in every industry, Decision Quality: Value Creation from Better Business Decisions provides a proven and real-world-tested framework for improving business decision quality"-- Provided by publisher. 410 0$aTHEi Wiley ebooks. 606 $aDecision making 615 0$aDecision making. 676 $a658.4/03 686 $aBUS019000$2bisacsh 700 $aSpetzler$b Carl S.$0945998 702 $aWinter$b Hannah 702 $aMeyer$b Jennifer 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136416003321 996 $aDecision quality$92136930 997 $aUNINA