Helga Drummond, « The Art of Decision Making » John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 0471497185 | 1st edition (September 12, 2001) | PDF | 1 Mb | 200 pages
ISBN 0471497185 | 1st edition (September 12, 2001) | PDF | 1 Mb | 200 pages
The Art of Decision Making
By: Helga Drummond
ISBN: 0471497185
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons - 2001-09-12
Hardcover | 1st Edition | 200 Pages | List Price: $70.00 (USD) | Sales Rank: 635543
Product Dimensions: 9.28 x 6.36 x 0.93 inches
Science reassures, art disturbs (Proverb)
This intriguing exploration of underlying forces in decision making takes as its starting point a wealth of high profile decision disasters. In brilliantly readable analyses, Helga Drummond shows how better awareness of the inherent uncertainties of the decision making process could have made the outcomes very different.
Examples showcased include:
The Hatfield rail crash
The Kursk submarine disaster
The Challenger disaster
The year 2000 fuel crisis
The WWII Dardanelles expedition
The Barings Bank collapse
The Taurus Stock Exchange Project The Hillsborough tragedy
The King's Cross underground fire
The Millennium Dome
This entertaining yet instructive book offers new insight into the realities of decision making, and shows how you can confront them to improve your prospects of success.