Grunig, Rudolf. <br/><br/>
Successful decision-making :  a systematic approach to complex problems / 
Rudolf Grunig, Richard Kuhn ; translated from German by Anthony Clark and Claire O'Dea. 
 - Berlin ;  New York :  Springer,  c2005. 
 - xvii, 231 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-231) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction.- 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 the 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.- Final remarks.       
<br/><br/> Making decisions is certainly the most important task of a  manager and it is often a very difficult one. This book  offers a decision making procedure for solving complex  problems step by step. It focuses on problem analysis, on  developing solution options and on establishing the  decision making matrix.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>3540243070 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005922551 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decision making.<br/>Problem solving.