Decision By Objectives: How To Convince Others That You Are Right

How to Convince Others That You are Right

Ernest Forman, Mary Ann Selly

• Publisher: World Scientific
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN:
  9789810241421
  9789810241421
• eBook ISBN:
  9789812810694
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Decision Making
• Index: Business

Decision-making is a process of choosing from possible courses of action in order to attain goals and objectives. Nobel laureate Herbert Simon wrote that the whole process of managerial decision-making is synonymous with the practice of management. Decision-making is at the core of all managerial functions. Planning, for example, involves the following decisions: What should be done? When? How? Where? By whom? Other managerial functions, such as organizing, implementing, and controlling, rely heavily on decision-making.Decision by Objectives is an invaluable book about the art and science of decision-making. It presents a very practical approach to decision-making that has a sound theoretical foundation, known as the analytic hierarchy process. Intended for both the student and the professional, the book includes approaches to prioritizing, evaluating alternative courses of action, forecasting, and allocating resources. By focusing on objectives rather than alternatives alone, it shows the reader how to synthesize information from multiple sources, analyses, and perspectives. The methods presented have been gaining popularity throughout the world.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction: Management Decision-Making Today
• Chapter 2 Problem Solving and Decision-Making
• Chapter 3 Decision-Making Concepts & Methodologies
• Chapter 4 The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Expert Choice
• Chapter 5 From Brainstorming to Structuring to Evaluation and Choice
• Chapter 6 Other Topics /Refinements
• Chapter 7 Forecasting — The Forward Process
• Chapter 8 Resource Allocation
• Chapter 9 Meetings, Meeting Facilitation and Group Support Systems (GSS)
• Chapter 10 Feedback
• Chapter 11 Empowered for the Future
• Appendix I Contemporary Management Trends
• Appendix II Case Studies
• Index