Towards Wise Management Wisdom and Stupidity in Strategic Decision-making /

• Main Author: Peltonen, Tuomo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Business-Religious aspects.; Leadership.; Faith, Spirituality and Business.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

This book contributes to the discussion on wisdom in management, leadership and strategy by developing a unique theoretical approach. Integrating rational-analytical, intuitive and philosophical dimensions of wise decision-making, it advocates a broadly Platonic-Socratic view on wisdom. Applying a d...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Three Levels of Wisdom
• 3. Case Study 1: Wise Leadership During the Cuban Missile Crisis
• 4. Case Study 2: The Wisdom and Stupidity of Military Calculations in International Politics
• 5. Case Study 3: Interpretations of the Emergence of the Financial Crisis in the Finnish Print Media
• 6. Case Study 4: The Collapse of Nokia's Mobile Phone Business
• 7. In Conclusion: The Opportunities and Obstacles of Reinforcing Wisdom in Management.