Whatever it takes the realities of managerial decision making Morgan W. McCall, Jr., Robert E. Kaplan.

Por:

McCall, Morgan W

Colaborador(es):

Kaplan, Robert E

Detalles de publicación: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall c1990.Edición: 2nd edDescripción: xxii, 150 p. ill. 23 cmISBN:

0139521364

Tema(s):

Decision making

Clasificación CDD:

658.4/03 20

Clasificación LoC:

HD30.23 .M39 1990

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-130) and index.

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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 They Have Sown the Wind, and They Shall Reap the Whirlwind
2 Managerial Problems: The Emergence of Meaning
What Are the Problems? Are the Problems Clearly Defined? The Flow of Information
Making Sense of the Pieces
Creating Problems: An Overview
3 Priorities for Action
To Act or Not to Act
What to Work On: Some Words of Advice
4 Into Action
Contextual Factors Affecting the Type of Action
Action: Quick or Convoluted
Implications for Managerial Effectiveness
5 Victory or Defeat
After Action, Then What? The Ambiguity of Action and Consequences
Consequences, While Ambiguous, Do Matter
Living with the Results
6 Awash in Decision Streams: Implications for Staying Afloat
There Are Some Things No One Can Do Much About
Some Things Individual Managers Can Do Something About
Some Things the Organization Can Do Something About
References
Notes
Index

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The first step in doing a revision is bringing together various reviews of the first edition. Until that time authors can delude themselves about how successfully they achieved their original goals. Therefore, we were pleased that the reviews of Whatever It Takes, while chock-full of useful suggestions, described what we had hoped to write: a book thoroughly grounded in research, supplemented by the experiences of executives and managers, written in an entertaining and readable way that would paint a realistic picture of what managers were up against "out there." In fact, a concern of several critics was that we would ruin what we had done by messing with it. Preserving the original's approach, style, audience, and intent was our major priority for the second edition. Rather than undertaking a massive overhaul, we opted for a more modest updating and elaboration. We fleshed out some content areas that readers felt deserved more attention. We reviewed the research that had accumulated since 1984 and incorporated what we could into the book. We asked our artist, David Hills, to consider some new cartoons. What we offer here is meant to bring to life the dilemmas of decision making on line, where the best advice to managers who want to make effective decisions is still to "do whatever it takes." In the intervening years since the first edition, no one has found the Rosetta stone of decisions. No fancy algorithms were derived that solve our major problems, and no one found a way to replace experience as the managerial teacher. Research on decision making has proceeded apace, and each year adds substantially to our knowledge. Great strides have been made in some areas like artificial intelligence, which is revolutionizing the ways computers work. But when it comes to human beings making decisions in organizations, the world is, if anything, even more complex, more ambiguous, more difficult than it was a few years ago. If anything, the pace of change continues to accelerate. Managers still have to make decisions on ill-defined issues, without all the information they need, in a context of competing pressures. The trivial and the titanic still tumble out capriciously, showing no respect for anyone's plans or priorities. While we have gotten quite good at programming computers to play chess with us, we still fumble around when it comes to deciding how to cut costs while improving service and calming irate customers. So we hope the perspective we have tried to provide is timely and useful in the trenches, where absolutes are hard to trust and pragmatic advice is hard to find. We still offer what we think is useful from those who have done research and those who have fought the battles. And, lest any of us take ourselves too seriously, we still leaven this analysis with humor. Since the first edition was written, both of us have experienced firsthand and in some depth the challenges of managing. Neither succeeded fully in following our own advice. Both of us, however, have emerged with an even deeper respect for the managers and executives out there with the courage and ability to make the decisions on which our organizations depend. In this age of highly publicized greed and corruption, we sometimes forget that the vast majority of us are doing the best we can with what we've got. And many do an exceptional job at a difficult business. We salute the managers who care and dare to try. We hope this second edition offers some ideas that will help them do just a little bit better and feel a little better about what they do. Excerpted from Whatever It Takes: The Realities of Managerial Decision Making by Morgan W. McCall, Robert E. Kaplan All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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