The Psychology of Decision Making: People in Organizations / Edition 2

by Lee Roy Beach, Terry Connolly

Overview

The Psychology of Decision Making provides an overview of decision making as it relates to management, organizational behavior issues, and research. This engaging book examines the way individuals make decisions as well as how they form judgments privately and in the context of the organization. It also discusses the interplay of group and institutional dynamics and their effects upon the decisions made within and on the behalf of organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412904407
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/05/2005
Series:	Foundations for Organizational Science
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Lee Roy Beach is Mc Clelland Professor of Management and Policy, and Professor of Psychology in the College of business and Public Administration at the University of Arizona. Previously, he served as Vice Dean, Eller College of Business and Public Administration at the University of Arizona. Professor Beach received his Ph D in experimental psychology from the University of Colorado and began his professional career as a human factors researcher for the U.S. Navy, followed by service at the Office of Naval Research. After leaving the Navy, he completed two years of postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan before taking a position in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington, where he moved from assistant to full professor and served as Chair. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge and Leiden Universities and a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of over 125 scholarly articles and three books on organizational behavior and human decision making:

Beach, L.R. (1998). Image Theory: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Beach, L.R. (1997). The Psychology of Decision Making: People in Organizations. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. [FOS series, Second edition in preparation]

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Preliminaries
2. Framing
3. Policy
4. Choice
5. Subjective Probability and Utility
6. Heuristics and Biases and Prospect Theory
7. Emotions
8. Interpersonal, Organizational, and Group Decisions
9. Alternatives to Gambling
10. Image Theory
11. The Future
References
Index
About the Authors