The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making
In this indispensable book, a widely experienced business consultant provides a complete set of analytical tools essential to successful trouble-shooting, effective planning, and making better decisions faster, more confidently, and more often. How can you help your company solve a problem in just a few days that's been plaguing managers for three months? How can you bring a room of executives to a consensus on a critical decision that the CEO and his committee have been wrestling with for years? Of course, this is easier said than done. Indeed, not a week goes by without a major business media story about a company that has fallen on hard times and an executive that has resigned for "personal reasons." The root of the failure is usually ineffective decision-making processes, and ultimately, bad decisions. In The Thinking Manager's Toolbox, veteran consultant and renowned business thinker William J. Altier cogently presents the underpinnings of successful thinking processes and their applications, drawing on practical, real-world experiences. The first section explores the fundamentals of thinking, change, and the critical role that sound thinking processes play in effective problem solving. The second section, your basic toolbox, develops five, in-depth fundamental thinking processes. And a third section, the advanced toolbox, develops more specialized applications for creative problem solving. Here then is a valuable primer for anyone, whether a middle manager or a CEO, seeking to solve problems and make better decisions more efficiently. The Thinking Manager's Toolbox is an invaluable resource for those seeking to develop the fundamental thinking processes necessary to perform with excellence.
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The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making
In this indispensable book, a widely experienced business consultant provides a complete set of analytical tools essential to successful trouble-shooting, effective planning, and making better decisions faster, more confidently, and more often. How can you help your company solve a problem in just a few days that's been plaguing managers for three months? How can you bring a room of executives to a consensus on a critical decision that the CEO and his committee have been wrestling with for years? Of course, this is easier said than done. Indeed, not a week goes by without a major business media story about a company that has fallen on hard times and an executive that has resigned for "personal reasons." The root of the failure is usually ineffective decision-making processes, and ultimately, bad decisions. In The Thinking Manager's Toolbox, veteran consultant and renowned business thinker William J. Altier cogently presents the underpinnings of successful thinking processes and their applications, drawing on practical, real-world experiences. The first section explores the fundamentals of thinking, change, and the critical role that sound thinking processes play in effective problem solving. The second section, your basic toolbox, develops five, in-depth fundamental thinking processes. And a third section, the advanced toolbox, develops more specialized applications for creative problem solving. Here then is a valuable primer for anyone, whether a middle manager or a CEO, seeking to solve problems and make better decisions more efficiently. The Thinking Manager's Toolbox is an invaluable resource for those seeking to develop the fundamental thinking processes necessary to perform with excellence.
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The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making

The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making

by William J. Altier
The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making

The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making

by William J. Altier

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In this indispensable book, a widely experienced business consultant provides a complete set of analytical tools essential to successful trouble-shooting, effective planning, and making better decisions faster, more confidently, and more often. How can you help your company solve a problem in just a few days that's been plaguing managers for three months? How can you bring a room of executives to a consensus on a critical decision that the CEO and his committee have been wrestling with for years? Of course, this is easier said than done. Indeed, not a week goes by without a major business media story about a company that has fallen on hard times and an executive that has resigned for "personal reasons." The root of the failure is usually ineffective decision-making processes, and ultimately, bad decisions. In The Thinking Manager's Toolbox, veteran consultant and renowned business thinker William J. Altier cogently presents the underpinnings of successful thinking processes and their applications, drawing on practical, real-world experiences. The first section explores the fundamentals of thinking, change, and the critical role that sound thinking processes play in effective problem solving. The second section, your basic toolbox, develops five, in-depth fundamental thinking processes. And a third section, the advanced toolbox, develops more specialized applications for creative problem solving. Here then is a valuable primer for anyone, whether a middle manager or a CEO, seeking to solve problems and make better decisions more efficiently. The Thinking Manager's Toolbox is an invaluable resource for those seeking to develop the fundamental thinking processes necessary to perform with excellence.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198030256
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/18/1999
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

William J. Altier is the President of Princeton Associates, Inc. He lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Part I: Setting the Scene ... 1
Chapter 1: Thinking Battles - Winning and Losing ... 3
Chapter 2: Change: The Name of the Game ... 13
Chapter 3: Process Expertise - A Critical Managing Skill ... 19

Part II: The Basic Toolbox ... 25
Chapter 4: Situation Assessment ... 27
Chapter 5: Decision Analysis ... 43
Chapter 6: Implementation Planning ... 79
Chapter 7: Potential Problem/Opportunity Analysis ... 99
Chapter 8: Problem Analysis ... 115

Part III: The Advanced Toolbox ... 151
Chapter 9: On the Role of Meetings ... 153
Chapter 10: Specialized Decision Analysis Tools ... 163
Chapter 11: Potential Future Change - Opportunities and Disasters ... 179
Chapter 12: On Creativity ... 187
App Problem-Solving Worksheets ... 203
Notes ... 213
Index
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