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The Problem-Solving, Problem-Prevention, and Decision-Making Guide
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The Problem-Solving, Problem-Prevention, and Decision-Making Guide

by Bob Sproull
March 2018
Beginner to intermediate
244 pages
5h 10m
English
Productivity Press
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Index

Page numbers followed by f and t indicate figures and tables, respectively.

A

Audits, 63, 7274, 120, 190, 192

B

Backlogs, 122

Behaviors and personality traits, problem solvers, 2

Bottling company case (decision making)

background information, 203204

decision, criteria for, 204206

optional, 206

factors, 209

and implementing, 213214

negative consequences, 209

options

evaluation, 207208

implement, 214

potential, 207

risk assessment, 208209

risk index, 210211

satisfaction index, 210

total option score, 213

C

Catastrophic accidents, 181, 187, 188f

Causal chains, 54, 55f

of catastrophic accident, 188f

creating, 53

DFCs, 5354

for mounting rail cracking, 152f

multiple stairstep, 26f, 27

problem-solving team, 54

single stairstep ...

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ISBN: 9781351116244