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    Research Report #11
    Decision Making Quotes

    (Decision Making Quotes Help You Understand Principles and Provide Evidence)

    Books and Decision Making Articles

    These provide a good source from which to find reliable knowledge and decision making quotes illustrating this knowledge.

    The Importance of Decision Making and Problem Solving

    On the page Problem Solving and Decision Making In my booklet I quote Noble Laureate Herbert Simon on the importance of decision making and problem solving. This is supporting evidence for my many statements on the importance of problem solving and decision making, as Simon is a well known expert in these fields.

    The Need for Improvement in Problem Solving and Decision Making

    Right after the Simon quote, I present another quote from a decision making article that illustrates that problem solving is not very well understood by our managers. This also applies to other people. So there you have the big picture:

    Nothing is more important to the well-being of society than decision making and problem solving but our population is very inadequately trained in problem solving and decision making

    Interesting Decision Making Quotes from Decision Making Articles

    From the cover story "Searching for Evidence That Could Prove You Wrong Is a Painful Process" (New Scientist, May 5, 2007):

    "The structured-inquiry method offers a better alternative to argumentative decision making by debate. With the help of the Internet and wireless computer technology, the gap between experts and executives is now being dramatically closed. By actually putting the brakes on the thinking process, slowing it down, and organizing the flow of logic, it's possible to create a level of clarity that sheer argumentation can never match."

    From an article in Information Week (May 22, 2006) by Larry Greenemier:

    "The key to determining the credibility of any source of information is to understand the motives of the individual or organization publishing it . . . The person consuming the information must consider whether the author has a track record of understanding his or her subject."

    From "The Broken MBA" by Carl J. Schramm (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 23, 2006):

    "Teach risk taking more thoroughly and rigorously. It is impossible to innovate, and thereby increase social welfare, without taking risks. Yet many companies do not handle risks well and either build risk-averse bureaucracies or take foolish chances. And many business schools give the topic only superficial treatment, in scattered courses. The study of assessing and managing risk must be fully developed and brought to the fore."

    From the Chronicle of Higher Education (October 19, 2001, page B12):

    "My experiences as a leader at three universities and on corporate boards have convinced me that much of what passes for advice about decision making is naïve and shortsighted."

    Other Decision Making Quotes from Decision Making Articles and Books

    You will find many of these on other pages on this site.

    If you are especially interested in them, there are thousands of decision making quotes available through the search engines. Just type in decision making quotes.