Why Decisions Fail
Subtitle: Avoiding the Blunders and Traps That Lead to Debacles
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781605091495; 9781282299061
Subjects: Decision making
Description: This text tells the stories behind the stories of such famous debacles as the Firestone tyre recall, the Millennium Dome, EuroDisney, The Denver International Airport, Shell's disposal of the Brent Spar and Barings Bank.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; The Decision Debacles; Chapter 1: Blunders that Launch a Decision Debacle; Chapter 2: Traps that Catch Decision Makers; Chapter 3: Decision-Making Processes Prone to Success and Failure; Chapter 4: Traps in Failing to Lead the Effort with Agreed-Upon Claims; Chapter 5: The Traps in Unmanaged Social and Political Forces; Chapter 6: Traps in Misleading Directions; Chapter 7: Traps in Limited Search and No Innovation; Chapter 8: The Traps in Misusing Evaluation; Chapter 9: Ethical Traps; Chapter 10: Learning Traps; Chapter 11: The Lessons: Avoiding the Blunders and Traps