Decision-Making & Problem Solving

You have a great idea, now what? That first mile--where an innovation moves from an idea on paper to the market--is often plagued by failure. In fact, less than one percent of ideas launched by big companies end up having real impact. The ideas aren't...

The Springboard: How Storytelling Ignites Action in Knowledge-Era Organizations is the first book to teach storytelling as a powerful and formal discipline for organizational change and knowledge management. The book explains how organizations can use...

Dithering. Decisions that turn out wrong. Decisions that people sabotage or don't know how to implement. If your company's experiencing these problems, it's not alone. Most organizations don't know how to make and execute good decisions. And they're...

Passion Purpose Profit helps leaders follow their calling without missing their child's soccer games. Leaders can see the knowledge, curiosity, and imagination that goes into successfully coaching executives. They can navigate the executive boardroom...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250827081Author Paulo SavagetFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 124mm *...

As working environments develop through new 21st century structures, the problems and difficulties they face also become even more complex and difficult to understand, explain and resolve. The ways in which we express these processes are now patterned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548014Author Jochen RebFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Here is one of the most fundamental questions in human life: How do we decide how we decide? We make such decisions all the time. If you trust your doctor, you might decide to follow a simple rule for medical decisions: Do whatever your doctor suggests...

International turn-around gurus describe how to rescue a company from the brink of disaster Why, even in the best of economic times, do so many apparently healthy companies fail? The surprising answer offered by the authors of this breakthrough book is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984858184Author Scott DoorleyFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 936g

Practical, real-world advice for the most challenging of positions The role of the chairman of the board is an art form that varies with the size, type, and corporate climate of the organization. Chairman of the Board provides practical guidance on this...

Everywhere you look people are talking about data. Buzzwords abound - 'data science', 'machine learning', 'artificial intelligence'. But what does any of it really mean, and most importantly what does it mean for your business? Long-established...

Cut through information overload to make better decisions faster Success relies on making the correct decisions at the appropriate time, which is only possible if the decision maker has the necessary insights in a suitable format. Mind+Machine is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784529697Author Dawn EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!From an experienced organizational psychologist comes a unique guide to learning how to better read and understand people and make improved, more informed business decisions about them-including choosing the right...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783903845183Author Roman KmentaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Kmenta Beteiligungen KgPublisher Kmenta Beteiligungen KgWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm)...

Finance is as fundamental to the IT world as it is to most other aspects of life. However, many IT professionals lack knowledge of the particular financial principles on which decisions about IT should be based. Assuming no prior knowledge, this new...

The fastest growing and most competitive organizations in the world have no bureaucracies, no bosses, and no bullshit. The tomato sauce in your pantry. The raincoat in your closet. The smart TV hanging in your living room. What do all of these products...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393354775Author Professor Michael LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 206mm...

No matter your field, industry, or specialty, as a leader you make a series of crucial decisions every single day. And the harsh truth is that the majority of decisions-no matter how good the intentions behind them-are mismanaged, resulting in a huge...

When would a casino stop a gambler from playing his next hand? How could a company use statistical analysis to blackball you from the job you want? Why should you worry when customer services pay attention to your needs? Beginning with examples of the...

The intensified used of data based on analytical models to control digitalized operational business processes in an intelligent way is a game changer that continuously disrupts more and more markets. This book exemplifies this development and shows the...

An updated new edition of the comprehensive guide to better business forecasting Many companies still look at quantitative forecasting methods with suspicion, but a new awareness is emerging across many industries as more businesses and professionals...

The go-to guide for getting projects done on time and on budget-revised and updated with a sophisticated image program and contemporary examplesFor more than 30 years, Project Planning, Scheduling and Control has been the benchmark guide for project...

This volume brings together the best-known and most influential articles on sensemaking in organizations by one of its most distinguished exponents, Karl Weick. Brings together the best most influential articles written by one of the gurus of...

Whether you are a student or a working professional, you can benefit from being better at solving the complex problems that come up in your life. Strategic Thinking in Complex Problem Solving provides a general framework and the necessary tools to help...

Conduct risk is at the core of behavioural regulation, a new approach to regulating financial services, whose new agencies and public prosecutors have spread rapidly across the world. Its prosecutors intervene assertively to challenge financial service...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781333334Author Mike BugembeFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 248gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060559533Author Michael HammerFormat PaperbackImprint Harper BusinessPublisher Harper Business

Discover true leadership with this actionable guide from a world renowned leadership expert, psychoanalyst, and executive coach In Leading Wisely: Becoming a Reflective Leader in Turbulent Times, renowned leadership expert, psychoanalyst and executive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962402927Author Peter H ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Fideli Publishing Inc.Publisher Fideli Publishing Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648745327Author Paul WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Change Empire BooksPublisher Change Empire BooksWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

**THE BESTSELLING BUSINESS CLASSIC, NOW EXPANDED FOR ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY**It's a rainy day in Seattle, and on the third floor of First Guarantee Financial, people have stopped believing they can make a difference. To new manager Mary Jane Ramirez, the...

What do world-class teams do that others don't? How do those teams think, make decisions and respond to challenges?Stronger Together will help readers to understand what differentiates world-class teams from the rest. Using these insights, readers can...

How to Resolve the Really Hard Problems Every manager makes tough calls--it comes with the job. And the hardest decisions are the "gray areas"--situations where you and your team have worked hard to find an answer, you've done the best analysis you can,...

The third edition of Tools for Thinking builds on the successes of the previous two editions. It creates a bridge between the soft and hard (Operations Research) OR schools of thought and provides an empirically based framework in which to place them...

Ethical leadership does not simply emerge from a code of conduct, a good school, or a host of good intentions. It is an individual choice, or rather a series of choices that emerges from the complex interaction of personal values with social imperatives...

This core textbook provides a practical, holistic introduction to systems thinking. Blending theory and practice, Systems Thinking for Business and Management reviews the fundamentals and includes a wide range of global cases and examples from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778063831Author Harvey S FirestoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Latticework PublishingPublisher Latticework PublishingWeight(grams)...

Kick start your creativity and become an even more effective leader by getting outdoors. Here's how to ditch the boardroom and set off on adventures that might just change your thinking and enhance your leadership skills. Every successful business...