Decision quality : value creation from better business decisions / / Carl Spetzler, Hannah Winter, Jennifer Meyer |
Autore | Spetzler Carl S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/03 |
Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
Soggetto topico | Decision making |
ISBN |
1-119-14469-8
1-119-14468-X |
Classificazione | BUS019000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Decision 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
3: 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 An 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 Structuring 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 Step 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 The Power of Iterating from a Simple Start |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136416003321 |
Spetzler Carl S. | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Decision quality : value creation from better business decisions / / Carl Spetzler, Hannah Winter, Jennifer Meyer |
Autore | Spetzler Carl S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/03 |
Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
Soggetto topico | Decision making |
ISBN |
1-119-14469-8
1-119-14468-X |
Classificazione | BUS019000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Decision 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
3: 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 An 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 Structuring 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 Step 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 The Power of Iterating from a Simple Start |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823602103321 |
Spetzler Carl S. | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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