Quality Decision Management - The Heart of Effective Futures-Oriented Management A Primer for Effective Decision-Based Management /

• Main Author: Frankel, Ernst G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 14
• Subjects: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Electrical engineering.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

The effectiveness of management of any type of organization depends largely on the effectiveness of the decisions made at the various levels of the organization, their timeliness, resourcefulness and efficiency. New developments in information technology offer opportunities for greatly improving the...

Table of Contents:

• Organizing for Effective Management in the Post Industrial Age
• Deciding Among Chaos
• Decision Dynamics
• Organizational Effectiveness and Performance
• Organizational Control Systems
• Decision-Based Management
• Implementing Decision-Based Management
• Decision-Based Management and Management Information System
• Future Management Challenges
• Planning and Using a Decision-Based Management Approach
• Conclusions.