The Dynamic Decision Maker: 5 Styles for Executive and Business Success (The Jossey-Bass management series) - Softcover

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9781555425937: The Dynamic Decision Maker: 5 Styles for Executive and Business Success (The Jossey-Bass management series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1555425933 ISBN 13: 9781555425937
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1993

Synopsis

A practical, results-driven approach to decision making, detailing a strategy made up of five readily identifiable styles: decisive, flexible, hierarchic, integrative, and systemic. Shows how knowing which style works best--and being able to consciously move from one style to the next--can improve performance, career opportunities, and personal and organizational effectiveness. Reveals how to identify these decision styles both in oneself and in supervisors, direct reports, and peers. Shows how to adapt and develop appropriate styles for the range of situations managers confront daily--from handling routine business transactions to dealing with crisis situations.

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About the Author

MICHAEL J. DRIVER is cofounder and chairman of Decision Dynamics Corporation and professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California. KENNETH R. BROUSSEAU is president of Decision Dynamics Corporation and was a member of the faculty at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business. PHILLIP L. HUNSAKER is professor of management and director of management programs in the School of Business Administration at the University of San Diego.

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A practical, results-driven approach to decision making, detailing a strategy made up of five readily identifiable styles: decisive, flexible, hierarchic, integrative, and systemic. Shows how knowing which style works best--and being able to consciously move from one style to the next--can improve performance, career opportunities, and personal and organizational effectiveness. Reveals how to identify these decision styles both in oneself and in supervisors, direct reports, and peers. Shows how to adapt and develop appropriate styles for the range of situations managers confront daily--from handling routine business transactions to dealing with crisis situations.

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A practical, results-driven approach to decision making, detailing a strategy made up of five readily identifiable styles: decisive, flexible, hierarchic, integrative, and systemic. Shows how knowing which style works best--and being able to consciously move from one style to the next--can improve performance, career opportunities, and personal and organizational effectiveness. Reveals how to identify these decision styles both in oneself and in supervisors, direct reports, and peers. Shows how to adapt and develop appropriate styles for the range of situations managers confront daily--from handling routine business transactions to dealing with crisis situations.

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Publisher
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1555425933
ISBN 13 
9781555425937
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
294

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