Strategic Decision Making
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Strategic Decision Making

A Discovery-Led Approach to Critical Choices in Turbulent Times

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eBook - ePub

Strategic Decision Making

A Discovery-Led Approach to Critical Choices in Turbulent Times

About this book

Making strategic decisions is a fundamental skill for leaders and managers. However, in a business environment that is in a constant state of change, making strategic decisions has never been more difficult. Strategic Decision Making addresses this challenge by providing a framework that can be used to make sound decisions in an uncertain world. Structured around the core concepts of framing, experimenting and scaling, this book will ensure that efforts are focused where the need is greatest, that interventions are tested, evaluated and revised if necessary and that successful initiatives are effectively rolled out across the business.Packed with real world examples and backed up by academic research, Strategic Decision Making will allow today's leaders and the leaders of tomorrow to make successful and defensible business choices. It shows how to: avoid decision-making bias, overcome organizational inertia, manage the difficulties of rigid organizational structures and avoid being side tracked by outdated or irrelevant experience. Essential reading for business practitioners and management students alike, this comprehensive guide provides a robust approach to achieving strategic success.

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Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780749472603
eBook ISBN
9780749472610
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business Strategy
Index
Business

Index

Note: bold page numbers indicate figures.
20-second rule 193
a-rational decision-making 58
Abilene paradox 77–78
ability of individuals 71
Achor, Shawn 193
adaptation model of innovation 125
affect heuristic 75–76
agile strategy 99–101, 163–64
agreement, inability to manage 77–78
Airbnb 16
Alessi 133
Alibaba 65–66
Allen, J 182–83, 186, 187
Aloft Hotels Worldwide 162–63
Amazon 25, 162, 167
analogies 151–53
analytical models see classic strategic planning
anchoring 53
andon cord 151
Angelastro, Mario 15
Ansoff matrix 26–27
antifragile enterprises 18
assumptions, hidden 170
attribution bias 90
authority 230–31
automation
decision-making 49–50, 222
middle-out decisions 102
Axiom 17
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon 148–49
Bacon, Francis 171
bad news, bias towards 76–77
Bandura, Albert 191
banks 21–22
base-rate neglect 55
batteries 15
‘becoming’, p...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. About the authors
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction: Why strategic decision making needs to become discovery-led
  8. 01 The world is changing, but we don’t always see it
  9. 02 Organizational inertia: Why enterprises find it difficult to change
  10. 03 Top-down decisions
  11. 04 Middle-out decisions
  12. 05 Discovery-led decision making
  13. 06 Mode I: Framing
  14. 07 Mode II: Experimenting
  15. 08 Mode III: Scaling
  16. 09 Implications for organizations
  17. 10 The force that is you
  18. Index
  19. Backcover