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Decision problems and decision-making procedures.- Decision problems.- Goal and problem-finding systems as requirements for the discovery of decision problems.- Rational decisions.- Decision-making procedures.- A general heuristic decision-making procedure.- Overview of decision-making procedure.- Discovering and analysing the decision problem.- Developing and evaluating options.- Establishing the overall consequences of the options and making the final decision.- A case study illustrating the application of the procedure.- Special issues and approaches to resolving them.- Information procurement decisions.- Collective decisions.

Unlike other publications on decision making, the book focuses on discovering the problem, analyzing it and on developing and assessing solution options One whole chapter describes a case study and illustrates how the proposed decision making procedure is used in practice Executives get an approach to systematically and successfully solving complex problems Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

<P>Making decisions is certainly the most important task of a manager. This book contains helpful tools for successful decision making. It offers a decision making procedure to treat complex problems step by step. Unlike other texts, the book focuses on problem analysis, on developing solution options and on defining a decision making matrix. </P>
<P>The book is intended for decision makers in companies, in non-profit organisations and in public administration. It is an approach to helping them to successfully solve complex problems. The book is also addressed to students and to participants in executive courses.</P>