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The Art of Decisions: How to Manage in an Uncertain World (Financial Times Series)

The Art of Decisions: How to Manage in an Uncertain World (Financial Times Series)

by Chris Blake (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $41.42
Synopsis

When you think about it, being a manager means constantly having to make decisions. Who should you hire? What should your budget be? How should you handle this project? And even more critically, what should you do today? Decision making is one of those core skills that is assumed but rarely taught. Yet it is a complex behaviour and understanding more about how we do it and how we can use more effective decision making techniques, will pay dividends in any manager's day-to-day life.

The Art of Decisions will ensure you have the skills to make better decisions every time. The book combines business case studies, lessons from poker, the learning from 500 years of probability and game theory, and decades of psychological research to convey powerful messages about decision making in business. It distils the meaning of good business judgement and highlights the subjective influences that haunt all decision makers, showing you how to recognise them and deal with them.

Written for the time-starved business manager, The Art of Decisions will have a universal appeal as it applies to all business sectors and any manager, from the newly promoted team leader to the experienced international CEO. No other book on the market addresses the fundamental issues of business decision making. The Art of Decisions plugs that gap.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 232
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
Published: 20 Nov 2007
ISBN 10: 0273710990
ISBN 13: 9780273710998

Media Reviews

log on to Amazon and buy this book. Blake puts his considerable experience to... skilfully dissext why we take decisions, the rules about making the best ones and why most people fail to take logical ones... Be decisive, do not let this little gem pass you by. - Human Resources, March 2008

Whatever books you decide to read, a good decision would be to read this one - Business Executive

an honest account of the role of luck and judgement in management decision-making. It is about the art rather than the science of decision-making; letting go of the fable of certainty and managing effectively in a profoundly uncertain future. This is the key management skills for the 21st century. The Art of Decisions is an invaluable, mind-stretching and entertaining read.

Sidney Callis, Business Executive

Author Bio
  • Christopher Blake the relevant career highlights:
  • A successful business manager managing director of publishing companies for Reed Elsevier, Thomson, and Wolters Kluwer
  • A successful dot com entrepreneur still an investor and director of the internet business established in 1998 (www.babyworld.com).
  • A founding investment director for a listed venture capital firm (Inflexion plc)
  • A successful private investor and experienced non-executive director
  • A popular lecturer an associate lecturer at Oxford Brookes Management School, and an Associate at the Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre
  • A poker player since his teens
  • Unusually, Chris has experience of taking business decisions from all sides as a business manager, an entrepreneur, an institutional investor, and as a private investor - and has stacked up a host of anecdotes from each world.
  • The ideas behind the book have been developed from a series of talks he has given to business managers on decision making, investing, and poker over the past five years. Delegate feedback from a recent course included the following: Dynamic and enjoyable ; Challenging and stimulating ; Very useful, particularly good for taking back to day-to-day job and decision making ; Inspiring and thoughtful ; Brilliant. Clear message, very good examples