Wang Managerial Decision Making Leadership

The Essential Pocket Strategy Book
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-82613-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, E-Book

The modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges everysingle day. Their ability to make critical decisions, often underpressure, can directly determine the future success of the companyand their career. It is therefore surprising that so few managerstake the time to learn the art of decision making. In thisgroundbreaking book from Caroline Wang, readers will learn thatquality decision making is a competence that can be acquiredaccording to a simple framework. The framework is practical andeasy-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 tomake decisions, even though the framework can be used for personaland individual decisions.
By using this common decision-making framework, managers andleaders will gain credibility and team support for the decision,will confidently articulate, promote, and defend the decision, andwill have made the necessary preparations for successfulimplementation when the decision-making process is complete.
This proven framework from one of Asia's most dynamic leadershipexperts will improve the quality of your decisions and change theway you do business.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Caroline

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Introduction xi
1 Decisions and Decision Making 1
2 Decision-Making Traps 9
3 GPA: G for Goal 23
4 GPA: P for Priorities 39
5 GPA: A for Alternatives 57
6 IPO: O for Objective Reasoning 73
7 IPO: I for Information 85
8 IPO: P for People 99
9 Conclusion 119
Bibliography 125
Index 127

Über Autor(innen)

Caroline Wang is Professor of Business Practice at HongKong University of Science and Technology Business School. She has taught MBA and Executive education programs at HKUST,Peking University, Tsinghua University, and National University ofSingapore, with course topics covering Managerial Decision Makingand Leadership, Managerial Communication, Leading Change, andBusiness Leadership.
Caroline was formerly Vice President and the highest rankingAsian female executive at IBM globally with over 30 years ofdiverse working experiences in the United States and across AsiaPacific. During her stint at IBM her responsibilities spanned12 functional areas, including being Vice President of Marketing,Information Technology, and Business Transformation.
Caroline currently serves as Board Director for three companiesin Finance, Biomedical, and Technology industries.