Knowledge Content Library
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Improving Decision Making in an Organization
Presented by John Palmer and Jim Aitken (General Motors) at 1998 DAAG Conference in San Francisco. Overview of decision processes used by Powertrain at General Motors.
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Organizational Aspects Impacting Adoption of Quality Decision Making
Presented by F. Rolle (DuPont) at 1998 DAAG Conference in San Francisco. Overview of factors and challenges affecting implementation and adoption of decision practices in DuPont.
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To Expand DA, Adopt a High-Tech Marketing Strategy
Presented by James Mitchell (Nova Gas) at 1998 DAAG Conference in San Francisco. Discusses the adoption of DA in a company and how the issues you will face are similar to marketing to adopters of high-tech.
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Handbook of Decision Analysis
by Gregory S. Parnell, Terry A. Bresnick, Steven N. Tani, Eric R. Johnson (SDP Fellows)
Fills a gap in decision analysis literature, featuring both soft personal/interpersonal skills and the hard technical skills involving mathematics and modeling.
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Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?
by Patrick Leach (SDP Fellow)
Updated 2nd edition. An executive's guide to using probabilistic thinking to manage risk and to make better decisions.
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Making Hard Decisions
by Robert T. Clemen (SDP Fellow) and Terence Reilly
Updated 3rd edition, with software and tutorials in Palisade's DecisionTools Suite.
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The Smart Organization: Creating Value through Strategic R&D
by David Matheson and Jim Matheson (SDP Fellows)
Deriving the most benefit from making quality decisions following the methodology of the Stanford school of DA.
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Decision Quality: Value Creation from Better Business Decisions
by Carl Spetzler (SDP Fellow), Hannah Winter, and Jennifer Meyer (SDP Fellow)
Add value with every decision using a simple yet powerful framework
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The Principles and Applications of Decision Analysis (the "Blue Books")
by Ronald A. Howard and James Matheson (SDP Fellows)
Classic reference, 2 volumes. The link below will take you to the Amazon link, and to a full description with links to some of the chapters.
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Creating a Culture of Profitability
by Rob Kleinbaum (SDP Fellow) and Aviva Kleinbaum
Culture matters. Everyone knows that. But now something can be done about it.
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Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions in Work and Life
by Ronald Howard (SDP Fellow) and Clinton Korver
Invites readers into ethics' gray areas and guides them in developing a personal ethical code hardy enough for the most ambiguous situations.
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Decision Traps: The Ten Barriers to Decision-Making and How to Overcome Them
by J. Edward Russo and Paul Schoemaker
Barriers to making good decisions and guidance on how to overcome them.
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Winning Decisions: Getting It Right the First Time
by J. Edward Russo and Paul Schoemaker
A comprehensive, one-of-a-kind guide to the proven methods of making critical business decisions confidently, quickly–and correctly.
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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Chip Heath takes off from where Daniel Kahneman left off in Thinking Fast and Slow and offers solutions to work with our biases and not let them misguide us.
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert. B. Cialdini
Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings.
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
by Carol Tavris and Elliott Aronson
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts.
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
A game plan available to everyone on how to make the hard changes in life a little bit easier.
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The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Scott Plous
Comprehensive introduction to the field with a strong focus on the social aspects of decision making processes.
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Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning
by Chris Argyris
Explains how to address various defenses to change in organizations.