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eBook AutorMariana van der Walt has almost two decades of experience in supporting Organizational Decision Makers in Transactional, Operational, Tactical and Strategic Decision Making.

IMPORTANT:  This ebook is for those who want an introduction into organizational decision making.  If you want a more thorough and complete handbook about organizational decision making, then our Organizational Decision Making Handbook is what you are looking for.

We cover the following subjects in this ebook

At Van Thinking we  give attention to two of the the three important aspects of good decision making, namely 1)  decision making, 2) decision support, and 3)  the decision maker.  This particular ebook provides introductory information about decision making in organizations.

Decision Making:  If you are interested in enhancing your decision skills, you need to understand the basic dynamics of decision making.  In this ebook we give a broad overview of some main themes, namely:

  1. The Five Important Issues when Studying Decision Making  (We need to be aware of the different approaches and viewpoints regarding Decision Making to extract value from literature for practical Decision Making)
  2. Invisible influences on our Decision Making (We give attention to Expectations, Sense Making and the use and impact of Images amd Metaphors)
  3. Decision Making, Authority Styles and Decision Making Risks (We give attention to Authority Styles, Decision Risk Estimation, Decision Risk Propensity and the Impact of Organizational Realities on Decision Risks)
  4. How Decisions Happen (In this course we give attention mostly to rational decision making)
  5. Understanding Organizational Decision Making.

eBook Parameters

Price:  $29.95

Format:  PDF

Why Pay for this Information? 

With so much information available for free on the web, why should you pay for this information?  Knowledge and information have become our biggest asset in the knowledge economy.  By restricting yourself only to what is freely available, you compete with hordes of others also having access to that free information.  Making the additional commitment to also know that which is not freely available to everybody else gives you the edge ...


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 Important:  If you have already completed the paid email course DMEP001 (entitled Introduction to organizational Decision Making), do NOT purchase this ebook, as the similarities do not warrant the additional expenditure.

 


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If you make use of any of the material in this ebook in your own work, you need to refer to the original source.  Do this as follows:

Van der Walt, M, eBook: Organizational Decision Making Introduction, http://main.vanthinking.com/index.php/20080921134/eBook-Introduction-to-Organizational-Decision-Making.html, Van Thinking Professional Services (www.main.vanthinking.com)


 

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Published articles:

  1. Van der Walt, M, “Knowledge Management and Scientific Knowledge Generation ”, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, (2006) 4, 319–330.
  2. Van der Walt, M., De Wet, G., "A Framework for Scientific Knowledge Generation", Knowledge Management Research & Practice, (2008) 6, 141 - 154.