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HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions
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HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions

by Harvard Business Review
February 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
3h 32m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Contents

Introduction

Why decision making is so hard.

SECTION ONE. Getting Started

1. The Hidden Traps in Decision Making

Understand the misperceptions and biases that cloud your judgment.

BY JOHN S. HAMMOND, RALPH L. KEENEY, AND HOWARD RAIFFA

2. Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance

Identify who needs to be involved and in what ways.

BY PAUL ROGERS AND MARCIA BLENKO

3. A Checklist for Making Faster, Better Decisions

Seven steps for making stronger choices consistently.

BY ERIK LARSON

SECTION TWO. Generate Possible Solutions

4. Idea Generation: The Basics

Encourage open, candid dialogue.

5. Better Brainstorming

Ask questions to look at the problem in new ways.

BY HAL GREGERSEN

6. BrainSwarming: A ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781633698161