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Handbook of Decision Making
Paul C. Nutt (Edited by), DC Nutt (Author), David C. Wilson (Edited by)
9781405161350, Wiley
Hardback, published 9 April 2010
720 pages
25.2 x 16.5 x 4.6 cm, 1.338 kg
"... recommended to those interested in the field of strategic decision making. It offers a diverse set of topics and provides many ideas... and applications." (Interfaces)
HANDBOOK OF DECISION MAKING This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of research and theories on decision making in organizations at the strategic level of analysis. Chapters are authored by leading international scholars, with some illustrative case vignettes from practitioners. Each contributor was selected for his/her special knowledge of the field. The Handbook addresses key questions confronting the decision making research of the past and the present, offers critiques, and suggests future research directions. Topics covered emphasize the classic decision theory perspectives while also incorporating recent insights from the fields of strategic choice, risk & uncertainty, scenario planning and complexity theory, with a broad social science perspective on the disciplinary roots of decision theory in economics, politics, and social theory. This is a landmark reference volume for the field, offering scholars and practitioners:
Notes on the Contributors ix About the Editors xxi Part I Introduction 1 1 Crucial Trends and Issues in Strategic Decision Making 3 2 Research on Strategic Decisions: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead 31 Part II Key Theoretical Perspectives 71 3 Decision Making: It’s Not What You Think 73 4 Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking 83 5 The Political Aspects of Strategic Decision Making 105 6 Organizational Identity and Strategic Decision Making 139 Part III Conceptualizing Strategic Decision Making 153 7 Building a Decision-making Action Theory 155 8 A Decision Process Model to Support Timely Organizational Innovation 197 9 Decision Making in Groups: Theory and Practice 231 Part IV Factors and Considerations That Impinge On Decision Making 273 10 Decision Making in Professional Service Firms 275 11 Risk Taking and Strategic Decision Making 307 12 Decision Errors of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Kind 327 13 Decision Making in Public Organizations 349 14 Strategic Decision Making and Knowledge: A Heideggerian Approach 379 15 Challenges of Using IT to Support Multidisciplinary Team Decision Making 403 Part V Recent Empirical Findings That Support Theories And Views 431 16 The Bradford Studies: Decision Making and Implementation Processes and Performance 433 17 Comparing the Merits of Decision-making Processes 449 18 Of Baseball, Medical Decision Making, and Innumeracy 501 19 The Dimensions of Decisions: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation 517 Part VI Methodology for The Study Of Decision Making 541 20 Empirical Methods for Research on Organizational Decision-Making Processes 543 21 On the Study of Process: Merging Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches 581 22 The Bradford Studies: Issues Raised by These and Other Studies for the Understanding of Decision Making 619 Part VII Directions and Perspectives 643 23 Discussion and Implications: Toward Creating a Unified Theory of Decision Making 645 Index 679
Paul C. Nutt And David C. Wilson
Vassilis Papadakis, Ioannis Thanos, and Patrick Barwise
Henry Mintzberg And Frances Westley
Karl E. Weick, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, And David Obstfeld
John Child, Said Elbanna, and Suzana Rodrigues
Aimee L. Hamilton And Dennis A. Gioia
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Andre L. Delbecq, Terri L. Griffith, Tammy L. Madsen, And Jennifer L. Woolley
Colin Eden And Fran Ackermann
Tim Morris, Royston Greenwood, and Samantha Fairclough
Philip Bromiley And Devaki Rau
Kim Boal And Mark Meckler
Hal G. Rainey, John C. Ronquillo, And Claudia N. Avellaneda
Haridimos Tsoukas
Michael Barrett and Eivor Oborn
Susan Miller
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Lori Ferranti, Steven Cheng, and David Dilts
Lori S. Franz and Michael W. Kramer
Marshall Scott Poole and Andrew H. Van De Ven
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Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
