This book responds to today''s cries for greater transparency
about how decisions are going to be made and provides a
template-backed up by rich personal experiences and common
sense-that ensures that the right content and processes are brought
into play in making high-quality decisions.
-- Barry Z. Posner, PhD
Professor of Leadership, Santa Clara University
Co-author, The Leadership Challenge and The Truth About
Leadership
Managerial Decision Making and Leadership offers management
ins
內容簡介:
The modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges
every single day. Their ability to make critical decisions, often
under pressure, can directly determine the future success of the
company and their career. It is therefore surprising that so few
managers take the time to learn the art of decision making. In this
groundbreaking book from Caroline Wang, readers will learn that
quality decision making is a competence that can be acquired
according to a simple framework. The framework is practical and
easy-to-remember, consisting of two acronyms: GPA and IPO.
GPA for decision content quality Goal, Priority, Alternatives;
and IPO for decision process quality Information, People,
Objective reasoning. The book places emphasis on leading a team to
make decisions, even though the framework can be used for personal
and individual decisions.
By using this common decision-making framework, managers and
leaders will gain credibility and team support for the decision,
will confidently articulate, promote, and defend the decision, and
will have made the necessary preparations for successful
implementation when the decision-making process is complete.
This proven framework from one of Asia''s
關於作者:
Caroline Wang is an Adjunct Professor at the School of
Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology HKUST. She teaches the MBA and Executive MBA programs,
with course topics covering Managerial Decision Making and
Leadership, Managerial Communication, Leading Across Diversity, and
Business Leadership. In addition, she is also visiting Professor at
Peking University, Tsinghua University, and National University of
Singapore for their executive programs.
Caroline was formerly Vice President and highest ranking Asian
female executive for IBM globally with over 25 years of working
experience in the United States and across Asia Pacific. During her
stint in IBM her responsibilities spanned 12 functional areas and
her roles included Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Information
Officer.
Caroline currently serves as Board Director for three
multinational companies in China.
目錄:
Preface.
Introduction.
1 Decisions and Decision Making.
2 Decision-Making Traps.
3 GPA: G for Goal.
4 GPA: P for Priorities.
5 GPA: A for Alternatives.
6 IPO: O for Objective Reasoning.
7 IPO: I for Information.
8 IPO: P for People.
9 Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.