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Handbook of Decision Making Hardback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Paul C. Nutt (Editor); David C. Wilson (Editor)

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HANDBOOK OF DECISION MAKING

This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of research and theories on decision making in organizations at the strategic level of analysis.

Chapters are authored by leading international scholars, with some illustrative case vignettes from practitioners. Each contributor was selected for his/her special knowledge of the field.

The Handbook addresses key questions confronting the decision making research of the past and the present, offers critiques, and suggests future research directions. Topics covered emphasize the classic decision theory perspectives while also incorporating recent insights from the fields of strategic choice, risk & uncertainty, scenario planning and complexity theory, with a broad social science perspective on the disciplinary roots of decision theory in economics, politics, and social theory.

This is a landmark reference volume for the field, offering scholars and practitioners:

  • Comprehensive, but accessible, coverage of classic and recent developments
  • Chapters by established international experts
  • Case analyses illustrating practical consequences of theories
  • Guide to new research directions and theory

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This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of research and theories on decision making in organizations at the strategic level of analysis.

Chapters are authored by leading international scholars, with some illustrative case vignettes from practitioners. Each contributor was selected for his/her special knowledge of the field.

The Handbook addresses key questions confronting the decision making research of the past and the present, offers critiques, and suggests future research directions. Topics covered emphasize the classic decision theory perspectives while also incorporating recent insights from the fields of strategic choice, risk & uncertainty, scenario planning and complexity theory, with a broad social science perspective on the disciplinary roots of decision theory in economics, politics, and social theory.

This is a landmark reference volume for the field, offering scholars and practitioners:

  • Comprehensive, but accessible, coverage of classic and recent developments
  • Chapters by established international experts
  • Case analyses illustrating practical consequences of theories
  • Guide to new research directions and theory

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  • Title Handbook of Decision Making
  • Author Paul C. Nutt (Editor); David C. Wilson (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 720
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publication date 2010-05-17
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781405161350 / 1405161353
  • Weight 2.95 lbs (1.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 7 x 1.8 in (24.13 x 17.78 x 4.57 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Decision making
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009052103
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658.403

About the author

Paul C. Nutt is Professor Emeritus of Management Sciences in Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and Professor of Management at University of Strathclyde's College of Business. His research interests include organizational decision-making, strategic management, and radical change. Current research topics include averting decision debacles, decision style, formulation and implementation, ethics, learning, organizational transformation and de-development, vision, and leadership. He has written over 150 articles and seven books on these topics. He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching from the Decision Sciences Institute, the Academy of Management, Institute for Operation Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), and others. He is a Fellow in the Decision Sciences Institute and a charter member of the Academy of Management's Hall of Fame.

David C. Wilson is Professor of Strategy and Organization in the University of Warwick where he is also Deputy Dean of the Business School. He is the author of eight books and over seventy journal articles. He was Chairman of the British Academy of Management (1994-1997) where he served for over ten years as an Executive member. He is a Fellow of the Academy, elected in 1994. He was Chairman of the scholarly society, the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) from 2002 to 2006. He has had a long association with the Journal Organization Studies, becoming Co-Editor (1992-1996), Deputy Editor (1996-1999) and finally Editor-in-Chief (1999-2003). He is currently Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for Organization Studies. He has been a member of EGOS for over twenty years and has served on the Board for the last eight years.

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