Smart decisions : the art of strategic thinking for the decision-making process

Author

• Martin, Thomas N.

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Language

English

ISBN

9781137536983

Series

Subject(s)

• DECISION MAKING
• DECISION MAKING-CASE STUDIES

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 169-180. Index: p. 181-185

Abstract

Today's world is complex and getting more so each day. Huge multinational corporations, international crisis and fast breaking events require most people to make decisions on a daily basis without the tools to understand the long term impact that today's decision might create. Because most people have never really been trained in how to make important complex decisions most people rely on experience, and 'gut reaction' which is okay for many decisions, but not okay for decision that will have meaningful impact on organizations and individual. Decision makers need to develop the art and science of strategic decision making. Here, Professor Thomas Martin explains the need for decision makers to modify their thinking about how they deal with acquiring and analyzing information in each of the decision-making process steps. This approach requiring thinking modification will lengthen the process, make it more complex, and to some more arduous, but the comprehensiveness of the new thinking approach should lead to improved and more effective decision making.
In this book, Dr. Martin presents a thinking modification framework that asserts that in the decision-making process, there are three situational states — a current state, future state, and a transitional state that one must deliberate in finding a solution. For each of these situational states, Martin develops an identical five-step process to determine the best decision to make. The steps of this process include:
• Change-Needing Situational Analysis
• Challenge Framing & Causal Analysis
• Generating Solution Ideas
• Choosing a Solution Set
• Implementation and Aftermath Planning
This book will appeal to decision makers, leaders, and students of management who want a specific framework that details the process behind making strategic, well-informed decisions.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xv, 185 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

New Thinking Directions in Decision Making (Pages 1-39)
Current, Future, and Transition Journey Situational Analysis (Pages 41-67)
Challenge Framing and Causal Analysis (Pages 69-95)
Generating Solution Ideas (Pages 97-119)
Choosing a Solution Set (Pages 121-145)
Implementation and Aftermath Planning (Pages 147-167)

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