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	Decision Making & Problem Solving, 2/E by John Adair
	Price : Rs 195.00
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Reviews:

"Adair is the first professor of Leadership Studies in the world and he remains the most distinguished figure in the field."

The Sunday Times

"Adair has transformed our understanding of how leadership works and how executives can become business leaders."

European Foundation for Management Development

Description:

Ensuring innovation and a creative approach to new challenges is crucial to leadership success. Being able to communicate and share your ideas takes no less skill.

Decision Making and Problem Solving will help you learn key techniques and models to make the right decisions with confidence. It will teach you how to:

• develop a framework for decision making

• evaluate your decisions and implement them successfuIly

• share decisions with others effectively

• generate ideas through brainstorming

Using checklists, exercises and case studies, Adair provides a clear framework to find solutions, generate ideas and inspire confidence in your team - so you can spot the solution in every problem, and create ideas to rival even the best strategists.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Your mind at work • Is your brain working now? • The functions of the mind • Introducing the Depth Mind principle • Key points

Chapter 2: The art of effective decision making • Define the objective • Collect relevant information • Generate feasible options • Make the decision • Implement and evaluate • Key points •

Chapter 3: Sharing decisions with others • Your role as leader • Task need • Team maintenance need • Individual needs • The three circles interact • The functions of leadership • Key points

Chapter 4: Key problem-solving strategies • How problems differ from decisions • A unified model for decision making and problem solving • Asking the right questions • How to approach systems problems • Key points

Chapter 5: How to generate ideas • Brainstorming • Guidelines for brainstorming • How to run a brainstorming session • Key points

Chapter 6: Thinking outside the box • Towards a more creative approach • Look wider for solutions • How to use your Depth Mind • The creative thinking process • Mental roadblocks • Key points

Chapter 7: Developing your thinking skills • What is an effective practical thinker? • Check that you are in the right field • Key factors in choosing your field of work • How to design your own learning strategy • Key points

• Appendix • Further reading • Index ISBN - 9780749466961

Pages : 104