Solving Complex Decision Problems A Heuristic Process /

• Main Authors: Grünig, Rudolf (Author), Kühn, Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Making decisions is certainly the most important task managers are faced with, and it is often a very difficult one. This book offers a procedure for solving complex decision problems step by step. Unlike other texts, the book focuses on problem analysis, on developing potential solutions, and on es...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Decision Problems and Decision-Making Procedures: Decision Problems
• Goal and Problem-Finding Systems as Requirements for the Discovery of Decision Problems
• Rational Decision-Making
• Decision-Making Procedures
• A General Heuristic Decision-Making Procedure: Overview of the Decision-Making Procedure
• Problem Verification and Analysis
• Developing and Evaluating the Solution Options
• Decision Maxims for Establishing the Overall
• Overall Evaluation on the Options and Decision
• A Case Study Illustrating the Application of the Procedure
• Special Problems and Approaches to Solve Them: Decision Sequences
• Information Procurement Decisions
• Collective Decisions
• Final Remarks.