Problem Solving (Fast Track MBA)

by Graham Wilson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.25

  This text provides techniques and skills for managers, facilitators or team members looking for guidance on their changing role in the modern organization. This edition has been updated to provide up-to-date thinking on learning organizations, knowledge transfer and the impact of technology.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.25

  The success of a manager often depends upon the ability to solve problems, make decisions and give clear direction. Whether these decisions are made while thinking on your feet or carefully weighed-up as part of a longer-term strategy, the ability both to think creatively and solve problems is crucial to the role of a manager. This book shows, however, that today's organizations work in new ways. No longer do managers tackle all problems in isolation - more often problems are solved and decisions made as a group activity. Also, managers today use increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques for decision-making. This study shows managers how to solve problems, but at the same time it helps them to understand, recognize and deal with the interpersonal difficulties that interfere with decision-making. The methods it utilizes include specific ways to: pinpoint the problem; record the data; better inform others; decide on the optimum solution; and evaluate the effect of a decision.