Developing Decision Making Skills For Business

Overview Of Business Psychology

PART I 
: Wants, Abilities And Goals

 
1. 
 
 
Tastes, Preferences, Wants And Values

 
2. 
 
 
Assessing Your Resources

 
3. 
 
 
Choosing Goals And Criteria Of Success

PART 
II : Introduction To Evaluative Thinking

 
4. 
 
 
Evaluating Simple Alternatives

 
5. 
 
 
Weighing Present Versus Future Benefits
(And
Costs)

 
6. 
 
 
How To Think About Cost

 
7. 
 
 
Allowing For Uncertainty

 
8. 
 
 
Dealing With Risk

 
9. 
 
 
Reconciling Multiple Goals

PART III 
: Getting Useful Ideas And Knowledge

10. 
 
 
Getting And Eliminating Ideas

11. 
 
 
Experts, Expert Systems, And Libraries

12. 
 
 
Using Scientific Discipline To Obtain Information

13. 
 
 
Assessing Consequences And Likelihoods

PART IV : Working With Information And Knowledge

14. 
 
 
Pitfalls That Entrap Our Thinking

15. 
 
 
My Favorite Worst Sources Of Errors

16. 
 
 
Good Judgment

17. 
 
 
Self-Discipline And Habits Of Thought

18. 
 
 
Dealing With People, And Managing Them

Index

This highly practical and reader-friendly book considers effective decision-making skills as most vital to achieve success in life and business. The book, Developing Decision-Making Skills For Business aims to analyze and evaluate decision-making processes that help us make decisions among various possible courses of conduct. The analytic system described in the book offers a large array of  powerful application tools useful for building effective decision-making skills both at the individual and organizational levels, and developing strong interpersonal relationships with peers and clients. The book attempts at building intellectual bridges between the varied modes of thinking that exist in social and decision sciences and in the field of organizational behaviour. Along the way, the text also covers other essential ideas such as identifying tastes and preference, personal skill assessment, multitasking, risk and uncertainty, human resource management, time constraints, data collection and more - to help people make the most effective  use of their time and energy. This book, provides a clear account of business skills development and should appeal to students of business administration and  practising managers.