Value-Focused Thinking: A Path to Creative Decisionmaking
The standard way of thinking about decisions is backwards, says Ralph Keeney: people focus first on identifying alternatives rather than on articulating values. A problem arises and people react, placing the emphasis on mechanics and fixed choices instead of on the objectives that give decisionmaking its meaning.
An inventive framework for making sound business decisions.
Corporate decision-making requires a radical overhaul. Analysis and judgment are no longer enough because it's often a clash of values that causes disputes and conflicts. This groundbreaking book from a world authority on creative thinking provides a basis for values assessment " an essential tool in corporate decision-making in the new century.
Looking in Classrooms provides a class-tested overview of the most effective teaching methods -- both qualitative and quantitative. Grounded in research, it emphasizes teacher self-improvement, decision-making skills, and reflective teaching.
Decisionmaker is a photocopiable resource book containing 14 business situations or problems for students to analyse and discuss. Decisionmaker explores varied aspects of business around the world - from video piracy in Moscow to software development in Bangalore - and engages users by giving them the opportunity to bring their knowledge, opinions and experience to bear on complex business dilemmas.
Business intelligence may be defined as a set of mathematical models and analysis methodologies that systematically exploit the available data to retrieve information and knowledge useful in supporting complex decision-making processes.
