HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions (with featured article "Before You Make That Big Decision..." by Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Olivier Sibony)

by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman, Ram Charan

Overview

Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones.

If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps.

Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to:

• Make bold decisions that challenge the status quo
• Support your decisions with diverse data
• Evaluate risks and benefits with equal rigor
• Check for faulty cause-and-effect reasoning
• Test your decisions with experiments
• Foster and address constructive criticism
• Defeat indecisiveness with clear accountability

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422191439
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	03/05/2013
Series:	HBR's 10 Must Reads
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	139,446
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

Table of Contents

The Hidden Traps in Decision Making John S. Hammond Ralph L. Keeney Howard Raiffa 1

Before You Make That Big Decision… Daniel Kahneman Dan Lovallo Olivier Sibony 21

How to Avoid Catastrophe Catherine H. Tinsley Robin L. Dillon Peter M. Madsen 41

Conquering a Culture of Indecision Ram Charan 57

What You Don't Know About Making Decisions David A. Garvin Michael A. Roberto 75

Who Has the D? Paul Rogers Marcia Blenko 95

How(Un)ethical Are You? Mahzarin R. Banaji Max H. Bazerman Dolly Chugh 115

Make Better Decisions Thomas H. Davenport 133

Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions Andrew Campbell Jo Whitehead Sydney Finkelstein 145

Stop Making Plans; Start Making Decisions Michael C. Mankins Richard Steele 157

About the Contributors 177

Index 179