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CONTENTS OF 48-PAGE BOOKLET:
  •  The Big Picture
  •  Problem Solving and Decision Making
  •  The Decision Making Process
  •  System of Decision Making and Problem Solving
  •  Intuitive Decision Making
  •  Short Formula for Decision Making
  •  Full Model and Formula
  •  Specific Individual “Sciences”


    • STAGES AS APPLIED TO DECISION MAKING:
    1. Curious Observation
    2. Is There a Problem?
    3. Goals and Planning
    4. Search, Explore and Gather the Evidence
    5. Generate Creative & Logical Alternative Solutions
    6. Evaluate the Evidence
    7. Make the Educated Guess (Hypothesis)
    8. Challenge the Hypothesis
    9. Reach a Conclusion
    10. Suspend Judgment
    11. Take Action

    SUPPORTING INGREDIENTS:
    12. Creative, Non-Logical, Logical & Technical Methods
    13. Procedural Principles & Theories
    14. Attributes & Thinking Skills

  •  Group or Team Decision Making
  •  Management Decision Making Technique
  •  Managerial Decision Making
  •  Behavior Decision Making Theory
  •  Accounting for Risks Involved
  •  Decision Making under Uncertainty, Forecasting and Predicting
  •  Miscellaneous Strategies
  •  Opportunities to Use My Non-copyrighted Material
  •  Bibliography
  •  Your Guide and Worksheet
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    Selected Bibliography on Decision Making


    Decision Making Process

    In addition to having reviewed several thousand books in the past 18 years on the scientific method, problem solving, decision making, thinking, and education, I reviewed my files and the books below on the decision making process in preparing this booklet. While I have contributed ideas and thought to this mega-analysis of the decision making process, it is largely based on research by our academic community.

    MOST Recommended Books ...

    Albrecht, Karl. Brain Power. 1980

    Arkes, Hal R.and Hammond, Kenneth R. Judgment and Decision Making. 1992

    Edmund, Norman. End the Biggest Educational and Intellectual Blunder in History. 2005

    Halpern, Diane F. Thought and Knowledge - An Introduction to Critical Thinking. 1996

    Heirs, Ben and Farrell, Peter. Professional Decision Thinker. 1987

    Klein, Gary. Sources of Power. 1998

    Miller, Daniel W. and Starr, Martin K. The Structure of Human Decisions. 1967

    Nadler, Gerald and Hibino, Shozo. Breakthrough Thinking. 1990

    Russo, Edward J. and Shoemaker, Paul J. Decision Traps. 1989

    Wales, Charles E., Nardi, Anne, and Stager, Robert. Professional Decision Making. 1986

    Write, George and Bolger, Fergus. Expertise and Decision Support. 1992

    Recommended ...

    Baron, Jonathan and Brown, Rex V. Teaching Decision Making to Adolescents. 1991

    Dickson, Douglas N. Using Logical Techniques for Making Better Decisions. 1983

    Fogler, H. Scott and LeBlanc, Steven. Strategies for Creative Problem Solving. 1995

    Hallowell, MD, Edward M. Worry.2002

    Harvard Business Review on Decision Making. 2001

    Hayes, John R. The Complete Problem Solver. 1989

    Henderson, David and Hooper, Charles. Making Great Decisions in Business and Life. 2006

    Hoch, Stephen, et al. Wharton on Making Decisions. 2001

    Janis, Irving L. Crucial Decisions. 1989

    Kahneman, Daniel and Amos, Tversky. Choices, Values and Frames. 2005

    Kepner, Charles H. and Tregoe, Benjamin B. The New Rational Manager. 1981

    Neustadt, Richard E and May, Ernest R. Thinking in Time. 1986

    O'Dell, William E. Effective Business Decision Making. 1991

    Plous, Scott. The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making.1993

    Rees, Fran. Team Work Start to Finish. 1997

    Rubenstein, Moshe. Tools for Thinking and Problem Solving. 1986

    Schwartz, Barry. Paradox of Choice, Why More is Less. 2005

    Wales, Charles, Nardi, Anne, and Stager, Robert. Thinking Skills: Making a Choice. 1987

    Welch, David A. Decisions - Decisions - The Art of Effective Decision Making. 2002

    Wheeler, Daniel D. and Janis, Irving L. A Practical Guide for Making Decisions. 1980

    Zey, Mary. Decision Making. 1992