{"product_id":"valueadded-decision-making-for-managers","title":"Value-Added Decision Making for Managers","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeveloped from the authors longstanding course on decision and risk analysis  Value-Added Decision Making for Managers explores the important interaction between decisions and management action and clarifies the barriers to rational decision making. The authors analyze strengths and weaknesses of the best alternatives  enabling decision makers to improve on these alternatives by adding value and reducing risk. The core of the text addresses decisions that involve selecting the best alternative from diverse choices. The decisions include buying a car  picking a supplier or home contractor  selecting a technology  picking a location for a manufacturing plant or sports stadium  hiring an employee or selecting among job offers  deciding on the size of a sales force  making a late design change  and sourcing to emerging markets. The book also covers more complex decisions arising in negotiations  strategy  and ethics that involve multiple dimensions simultaneously. Numerous activities interspersed throughout the text highlight real-world situations  helping readers see how the concepts presented can be used in their own work environment or personal life. Each chapter also includes discussion questions and references. Web ResourceThe books website at http:\/\/ise.wayne.edu\/research\/decision.php offers tutorials of Logical Decisions software for multi-objective decisions and Precision Tree software for probabilistic decisions. Directions for downloading student versions of the DecisionTools Suite and Logical Decisions software can be found in the appendices. Password-protected PowerPoint presentations for each chapter and solutions to all of the numeric examples are available for instructors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965106221109,"sku":"ByrdShop_1420075721","price":154.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781420075724.jpg?v=1770488925","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/valueadded-decision-making-for-managers","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}