Decision Making category: 1513 books
Coherence
The Secret Science of Brilliant Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2013
Every business leader faces innumerable challenges every working day, each one taking their toll on precious energy levels and the ability to respond and react positively in a commercial environment. Coherence recognizes the key factors that take their toll on a leader's effectiveness and ability...
Remaking Ourselves, Enterprise and Society
An Indian Approach to Human Values in Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Decision makers interested in going beyond their own personal and professional interests and involving themselves in humanising their organization, community and society should read Remaking Ourselves, Enterprise and Society. This book is about adherence to human values at an institutional level,...
Advances in Project Management
Narrated Journeys in Uncharted Territory
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
On the evidence of the authors of Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in Unchartered Territory, there is a sea change coming. That change will affect the way projects are perceived, lead and governed, particularly in the context of the wider organisation to which they belong; whether...
Feeling Smart
Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Distinguished authors like Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb have written much about the flaws in the human brain when it comes time to make a decision. Our intuitions and passions frequently fail us, leading to outcomes we don't want.
In this book, Eyal Winter, Professor...
Profit From Your Forecasting Software
A Best Practice Guide for Sales Forecasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Go beyond technique to master the difficult judgement calls of forecasting
A variety of software can be used effectively to achieve accurate forecasting, but no software can replace the essential human component. You may be new to forecasting, or you may have mastered the statistical theory...
Beating Uncertainty
7 winning strategies to manage insecurity in life & business
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
This book is all about "managing uncertainty" which is packaging everything around us. Uncertainty is looming over economy, politics, climate and health and many other things. It's always obvious when you, personally, cannot fully understand the present or are unable to predict the future. Thus it...
Source Selection Step by Step
A Working Guide for Every Member of the Acquisition Team
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
The path to successful source selection begins with Source Selection Step by Step: A Working Guide for Every Member of the Acquisition Team. Whether you are new to the acquisition team or an experienced practitioner looking to sharpen your skills, this comprehensive, highly readable handbook will...
The Design of Insight
How to Solve Any Business Problem
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Familiar modes of problem solving may be efficient, but they often prevent us from discovering innovative solutions to more complex problems. To create meaningful change, we must train ourselves to discover previously unseen variables in day-to-day challenges. The Design of Insight is intended to...
Help! I’ve Lost My Job
Tips on What to do When You’re Unexpectedly Unemployed
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Smoothly Transition if you get Terminated or laid off, Be Prepared at all times with an up-to-date LinkedIn Profile and an excellent Resume, and know what to do if the worst happens
Did you know in most cases your employer can fire you at any time, without cause? Are you prepared if you get...
Outsourcing and the Virtual Organization
The Incredible Shrinking Company
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Increasingly, companies are buying in from outside certain services and functions that would previously have been fulfilled by an internal department or employees. Companies no longer just outsource support functions, but also outsource critical areas of production or design. It lets companies focus...
Data Science Essentials in Python
Collect - Organize - Explore - Predict - Value
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
Go from messy, unstructured artifacts stored in SQL and NoSQL databases to a neat, well-organized dataset with this quick reference for the busy data scientist. Understand text mining, machine learning, and network analysis; process numeric data with the NumPy and Pandas modules; describe and analyze...
by Dotchamou Zakari
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2018
“Seven Steps to Success
Make a commitment to growdaily.
Value the process more thanevents.
Don'twait for inspiration.
Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
Dream big.
Plan yourpriorities.
Give up to go up.”
―...
It's All Politics
WINNING IN A WORLD WHERE HARD WORK AND TALENT AREN'T ENOUGH
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
From It’s All Politics
Like business in general, politics is not a spectator sport. You cannot afford to be apolitical at work if you have any aspirations for advancement. The only way to avoid politics is to avoid people—by finding an out-of-the-way corner where you can do your job. Of...
Business Without the Bullsh*t
49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
***"***5 out of 5 stars...[it's] ethical without being preachy, aspirational without being sappy, practical while still crackling with the author's natural wit." - Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine
For the past seven years, Geoffrey James has written a daily blog that's...