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This manuscript contains various approaches in interpreting data
and how the unearthed pieces of information be used as practical
inputs for decision making. With the aid of Microsoft Excel,
presented in a step-by-step manner, data sets that differ in kind,
probability, and distributions are analyzed and interpreted with a
framework of solidifying fundamental understanding of data analysis
and of carrying through these skills in the daily administration of
decisions in managing production, people, money, and all forms of
resources. This book hopes to complement with the other existing
books in research and statistics that prefer to treat problems
manually and explain applications theoretically. Students doing
basic high school research will benefit from this book. College and
graduate students who are doing a classroom research activity will
also take full advantage of this. However, some novice researchers
and professionals may find this manuscript equally useful; and
those others who decided to dislike mathematics but found awe in it
nonetheless. This book is really for them.
For courses in Decision Making and Engineering. The Fundamentals of
Analyzing and Making Decisions Foundations of Decision Analysis is
a groundbreaking text that explores the art of decision making,
both in life and in professional settings. By exploring themes such
as dealing with uncertainty and understanding the distinction
between a decision and its outcome, the First Edition teaches
readers to achieve clarity of action in any situation. The book
treats decision making as an evolutionary process from a scientific
standpoint. Strategic decision-making analysis is presented as a
tool to help students understand, discuss, and settle on important
life choices. Through this text, readers will understand the
specific thought process that occurs behind approaching any
decision to make easier and better life choices for themselves.
In a very real sense, Michael Lodato has been working on this
handbook for over 45 years - starting in 1968 when, as a new CEO of
a small consulting company, he attended a seminar on strategic
planning at UCLA. The resulting strategy helped run the company but
also served as the first template for his strategic planning
methodology. Over the years, as a result of working on real issues,
faced by him as an executive and client corporations, the template
expanded to add tactical planning and features to handle changes in
the business environments that may be coming or have already
occurred, to quickly assess the impact of such changes on success,
and to adapt to the new realities by making changes to its
strategies, tactics and processes in time avoid bad results In
short, he added agility to the template that is the substance of
this handbook.
This is not a text book or a book on strategic management
theory. It is a step-by-step, here s-how-to-do-it guide to
achieving agile strategic management. All of this growth in the
strategic management processes came, not as an academic activity.
It is written for people who do, or aspire to do the work of
strategic management.
As you learn about the processes and read stories about how they
have applied to a wide range of situations, think through how you
might apply them to the situations, issues and opportunities you
face. They are intended to help you unleash the talent that resides
in your team and organization.
The resulting methodology includes processes that guide all the
work of strategic management at all levels: from strategic, through
tactical, and down to individual action items in such a way that
there is a strong interdependence among them.
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