Thinking Strategically: Power Tools for Personal and Professional Advancement - Hardcover

Loehle, Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521560586 ISBN 13: 9780521560580

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Professionals today, whether scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs or managers, need to maximise their effectiveness. Hard work and motivation are not enough. Strategic thinking is needed to be able to choose the right problem to solve, to solve it in a cost-effective way, to use resources efficiently and to be innovative and productive. The combination of skill, motivation and the strategic use of effort can lead to astonishing levels of productivity. Real-world problems are complex and must be tackled with adequate conceptual tools. These tools are based on an understanding of the power of bottlenecks, paradox, scale and perspective constraints, and feedback as leverage points for getting to grips with the problem. Thinking Strategically provides the necessary power tools for dissecting complex problems and for creating innovative solutions.

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'... valid and profound.' Irish Astronomical Journal

Book Description

Professionals today, whether scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs or managers, need to maximise their effectiveness. Hard work and motivation are not enough to tackle the complex real-world problems that surround us. Thinking Strategically provides the necessary power tools for dissecting complex problems and for creating innovative solutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521560586
• ISBN 13: 9780521560580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208