HBR's 10 must reads: on making smart decisions
- Boston Harvard Business Review Press 2015
- v, 183 p.
- HBR's 10 Must Reads Series .
Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers--and how to make better ones. If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps. Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to: (1) Make bold decisions that challenge the status quo, (2) Support your decisions with diverse data, (3) Evaluate risks and benefits with equal rigor, (4) Check for faulty cause-and-effect reasoning, (5) Test your decisions with experiments, (6) Foster and address constructive criticism, and (7) Defeat indecisiveness with clear accountability. This collection was previously published as "Harvard Business Review on Making Smart Decisions." We've moved it to HBR's 10 Must Reads series because the ideas are critical to the success of every manager and aspiring leader, meeting our high standards for must-read status.
Table of content: The hidden traps in decision making by / John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa Before you make that big decision by / Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Oliver Sibony How to avoid catastrophe by Catherine H. Tinsley, Robin L. Dillon, and Peter M. Madsen Conquering a culture of indecision by / Ram Charan What you don't know about making decisions by / David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto Who has the D? by / Paul Rogers and Marcia Blenko How (un)ethical are you? by / Mahzarin R. Banaji, Max H. Bazerman, and Dolly Chugh Make better decisions by / Thomas H. Davenport Why good leaders make bad decisions by / Andrew Campbell, Jo Whitehead, and Sydney Finkelstein Stop making plans; start making decisions by / Michael C. Mankins and Richard Steele. (https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/11367-PDF-ENG)