Drummond The Art of Decision Making

Mirrors of Imagination, Masks of Fate
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-470-84807-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Science reassures, art disturbs (Proverb)
This intriguing exploration of underlying forces in decision makingtakes as its starting point a wealth of high profile decisiondisasters. In brilliantly readable analyses, Helga Drummond showshow better awareness of the inherent uncertainties of the decisionmaking process could have made the outcomes very different.
Examples showcased include:
The Hatfield rail crash
The Kursk submarine disaster
The Challenger disaster
The year 2000 fuel crisis
The WWII Dardanelles expedition
The Barings Bank collapse
The Taurus Stock Exchange Project The Hillsborough tragedy
The King's Cross underground fire
The Millennium Dome
This entertaining yet instructive book offers new insight into therealities of decision making, and shows how you can confront themto improve your prospects of success.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drummond, Helga

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
The Clock That Struck Thirteen: The Challenge of SenseMaking.
The Morning After.
The Dark Side of the Moon.
Ghosts and Shadows: Reflections on Information and DecisionMaking.
Tricks of Mind.
The Essential Lie: Exploring the Myth-making Process.
High Tides and Green Grass: The Illusion of Control.
Tales of the Unexpected: Exploring the Paradox ofConsequence.
Riding the Tiger: Escalation in Decision Making.
An 'Ace of Success': Knocking at the Door of Fate.
The Point of No Return.
The Art of Decision Making.
Epilogue: A Dancing Star.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

HELGA DRUMMOND is Professor of Decision Sciences at the Universityof Liverpool, UK.
She has consulted for a multitude of businesses ranging fromundertakers to IT managers - a dversity reflected in The Art ofDecision Making - and is the author of seven previous books thathave been translated worldwide.