This handbook comprehensively surveys research on organizational decision-making. It looks at decision-making at the level of individuals, groups, organizations, and inter-organizations emphasizing psychological perspectives while encompassing insights from economics, political science, and...

Unlike other publications on decision making, the book focuses on discovering the problem, analyzing it and on developing and assessing solution options.One whole chapter describes a case study. It illustrates how the proposed decision making procedure is used in practice.Executives get an...

This seminal work advances beyond neoclassical economics to provide an integrated overview of economic decision making, and the management of bounded rationality and its evolutionary consequences. Clem Tisdell successfully combines recent developments in learning and game theory, transaction...

Contents: Foreword / by Vernon Smith -- 1. Introduction to smart decision-making / Morris Altman -- Part I Smart decision-makers, different types of rationality, and outcomes -- 2. Rational inefficiency : smart thinking, bounded rationality, and the scientific basis for economic failure and...

How to Make a Decision -- The Seven Pillars of the Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Architectural Design -- Why is the Principal Eigenvector Necessary? -- Designing a Mousetrap -- Designing the Best Catamaran -- The Selection of a Bridge -- Measuring Dependence Between Activities: Input Output...

Formal decision and evaluation models are so widespread that almost no one can pretend not to have used or suffered the consequences of one of them. This book is a guide aimed at helping the analyst to choose a model and use it consistently. A sound analysis of techniques is proposed and the...