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The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving

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An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time.

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Synopsis:

Offers strategies on how to make intelligent and informed decisions in today's complicated business world and provides fourteen strategies on how to solve problems and simplify processes
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments — Introduction — Part 1: Why We Go Astray — 1: Thinking About Thinking — 2: Insights into Problem Solving — Part 2: The Fourteen Tools — 3: Problem Restatement — 4: Pros-Cons-and-Fixes — 5: Divergent/Convergent Thinking — 6: Sorting, Chronologies, and Time Lines — 7: Casual Flow Diagramming — 8: The Matrix — 9: The Scenario Tree — 10: Weighted Rankings — 11: Hypothesis Testing — 12: Devil's Advocacy — 13: The Probability Tree — 14: The Utility Tree — 15: The Utility Matrix — 16: Advanced Utility Analysis — Part 3: Where Do We Go from Here? — 17: Your Next Steps — Solutions to Exercises — For Further Reading — Notes — Index

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780307560599
Subtitle:
Fourteen Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving
Publisher:
Times Business
Author:
Morgan D. Jones
Author:
Morgan D. Jones
Subject:
Business & Economics : General
Subject:
Self-Help : Personal Growth - Success
Subject:
Business & Economics : Management - General
Subject:
Psychology : Cognitive Psychology
Subject:
Thought and thinking
Subject:
Cognitive Psychology
Subject:
Management
Subject:
Decision-making
Subject:
Problems, exercises, etc.
Subject:
Management - General
Subject:
Decision making -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Subject:
General Business & Economics
Subject:
Business management
Subject:
Business-Personal Skills
Subject:
Psychology-Cognitive Science
Subject:
Psychology-Mind and Consciousness
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
19980630
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
368
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