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(Non) Decision Making for Owners -103: Most owners, by the very nature of starting a business, were assertive, risk takers, pro-active, and reactive to every issue Nothing escaped them. But, in the life cycle of owning a business, many owners become complacent slowly over a period of years. Somewhere along the road to success, a number...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, decision-making; White papers
Leadership and Decision Making: A Retrospective Application and Assessment: This paper examines the applicability of the Vroom-Yetton model of leadership and decision making to the battlefield behavior of ten commanding generals in six major battles of the American Civil War. The purpose of the paper was twofold. The first objective was to see if it is possible to utilize...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, AllBusiness.com, decision-making, leadership, theory; White papers
Decision Making Skills and Techniques: Decision making can be hard. Almost any decision involves some conflicts or dissatisfaction. The difficult part is to pick one solution where the positive outcome can outweigh possible losses. Avoiding decisions often seems easier. Yet, making one's own decisions and accepting the consequences is the only way to stay in...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, decision-making, technique; White papers
Bryan Leadership Development Initiative (BLDI): Supporting Student Achievement Through a New Model of Leadership: In 1996, North Carolina mandated a new approach to improving student achievement by transferring significant decision-making authority from central administration to individual schools. The challenge was: to develop the capacity as an individual to take responsibility for "The Whole" and to make commitments to shared team activities and goals, to...; Tags: decision-making, leadership, team; Case studies
Portfolio Management Guides Product Development for Biomedical Technology Leader: A $300M developer of biomedical research technology was struggling to identify a long-term product road map that would raise company revenues to $1B. Building off the company's existing product development program, PRTM implemented a comprehensive portfolio management process for guiding decisions surrounding the company's five-year product road map. PRTM also...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Product marketing, HEALTHCARE, PRTM, biomedical, product development, decision-making, team; Case studies

New Look: Driving Business Performance Through Improved Decision-Making and Outsourcing: New Look, a UK-based women's wear fashion retailer had grown rapidly in just a few years. With more than 500 stores across the United Kingdom and France, it had outgrown its legacy information systems. Its financial performance started to flounder and its people were frustrated. With the addition of New...; Tags: Accenture Ltd., decision-making, high-performance, women, outsourcing, financial, performance, information technology; Case studies
A Secure Scenario - Layered Integration of Biometric-Based Identification: This article reports on how layering biometric identification technologies can create a more secure information system or critical infrastructure. Voice, fingerprints, hand geometry and iris recognition technologies combined with human reasoning and decision-making skills can be extremely powerful tools. The crux of the problem is pulling it all together -...; Tags: Unisys Corp., biometric identification, information system, decision-making, agency, database, tool; White papers
Bank Austria - A Decade's Experience With Mergers: Within the newly formed Group that arose from the two big Austrian banks there were, as can be expected, two completely different worlds in place in terms of systems, processes and products. Bank Austria Group management was kept up-to date with briefings and reports on how the project was progressing....; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial services, Accenture Ltd., decision-making, bank, merger, vision; Case studies
Business Strategies for Accelerating Growth: The Value of Making Better Decisions through CRM: Want to improve your organization’s decision-making ability? Do better decisions increase profits, reduce risk and operating costs, and improve customer, partner, and employee satisfaction? Download this Siebel Systems white paper and learn the five key components of a successful customer relationship management CRM initiative and how they can improve...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Siebel Systems Inc., decision-making, CRM, business strategy; White papers
Team Knowledge Structures: Matching Task to Information Environment: The knowledge possessed by an organization and its members can be classified as explicit or tacit. Explicit knowledge can be codified and communicated without much difficulty. Tacit knowledge - such as the manner of operating sensitive equipment, decision-making judgment in the absence of data, or interpersonal skills - is not...; Tags: Team management, Strategy, Gale Group, knowledge, team, decision-making; White papers
Corporate Mentoring: Shattering the Glass Ceiling: What is most surprising is that if the ranks of middle management is examined, the numbers of women and minorities are at an all time high. In most consumer product companies, women represent the predominant group in their marketing department and virtually every company has some form of aggressive minority...; Tags: Gender and diversity, women, middle management, MBA, recruiting, decision-making, marketing; White papers
Avoid Four Deadly Traps in Decision Making: Harvard's Howard Raiffa is the father of decision making science, so it was an honor for me to attend a 2006 workshopÂ he presented on developing critical thinking skills. I thought about him this week with news that he won the 2008Â Thomas C. Schelling Award, presented forÂ work that...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Harvard, Sean Silverthorne, decision-making, Howard Raiffa; Blog posts 2008-05-23
Preparing for Turmoil in World Markets: Food shortages, escalating energy costs, and rising consumer prices are all taking their toll on markets around the world. In such an uncertain environment traditional business forecast models become less effective navigation aids for steering your company. So what do you do to prepare should...; Tags: Blogging, Sean Silverthorne, H. Schoemaker; Blog posts 2008-05-03
Keep Emotion Out of Decision Making: We've all had the experience of letting our emotions get the better of our actions. But in a business setting, emotional decisions can be costly -- and a quick way to lose your job. But how do you keep cool, calm, and collected in the high pressure...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, decision-making; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Group Decisions: Decision making is tricky business, especially when it comes to large groups. This paper goes with advantages and disadvantages of group decisions... There are several instances in professional as well as personal life when decision-making requires opinions and inputs from more than one or two people. This is where group...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, decision-making; White papers 2008-04-23
Psychosocial Evaluation In Decision Making Process: Decision-making is the final resultant of mental process of exploring various alternatives. Further it can be the manifestation of mind. In the process of decision-making our unconscious feelings and emotions are compressed and go through a chaotic process turning thoughts into a decision. This paper will help you in decision...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, decision-making; White papers 2008-04-10
3 Simple Principles Of Financial Decision Making: Do decisions about where to spend or invest the money make paralyzed? Take fear and stress out of the decision-making process by increasing your knowledge in three key areas. This paper explains three principles about financial decision making. The financial decision process moves to the specific investment or strategy itself....; Tags: Financial accounting, financial, decision-making, tax, knowledge, strategy; White papers 2008-04-05
Boosting Self-Esteem Can Backfire In Decision-making: Smart business leaders understand that confidence affects decision-making and ultimately a company's earnings. But giving employees positive feedback in the hopes of promoting better decisions sometimes can backfire. Some types of positive feedback actually can escalate perceived threats to the ego and increase the need to prove that a questionable...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, decision-making; White papers 2008-04-01
For Managers, Praise Can Be a Dangerous Thing: The Find: Praising employees after a mistake in an effort to boost their self-esteem can make them even more likely to screw up again, according to new research from the Kellogg School of Management and the London Business School. The Source: "The Promise and Peril of Self-affirmation...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Tools & Techniques, Jessica Stillman, hiring; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Simplifying Decision Making In Your Life: This paper offers a simplification to the complex and imposing task of "Decision Making". This is important and should not be dismissed or minimized. Decision making applies to almost every aspect of our lives and has a profound effect on our lives. It is fraught with peril for making life...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, decision-making; White papers 2008-03-18