Decision Making For Dummies

Discover the best approaches for making business decisions

Today’s business leaders have to face the facts—you can’t separate leadership from decision making. The importance of making decisions, no matter how big or small, cannot be overstated. Decision Making For Dummies is a candid resource that helps leaders understand the impact of their choices, not only on business, but also on their credibility and reputation. Designed for managers, business owners, and anyone else who makes tough decisions on a daily basis, this guide helps you figure out if the decisions you’re making are the right ones.

In addition to helping you explore how to evaluate your choices, Decision Making For Dummies covers ways to receive support for decision making, delves into various decision-making styles, reviews the importance of sifting through data and information, and includes information on ways to engage others and make decisions collectively. Being in charge can be challenging, but with this guide, you don’t have to go it alone.

• Discusses the effects of decision making and outlines the considerations that must be made to gain trust and confidence
• Demonstrates ways to communicate particularly sensitive decisions, and offers approaches for making bold decisions that challenge the status quo
• Delves into the risks and benefits of certain decisions, and shows readers the best ways to evaluate choices
• Outlines smart strategies for engaging others and drawing them into the decision-making process

Crucial decisions need to be made every day in the business world, so there’s no time to waste. Make Decision Making For Dummies your primary resource for learning to choose your actions wisely and confidently.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started with Decision-Making
Chapter 1: Big-Picture Pressures on Decision-Makers
Chapter 2: The Key Ingredients for Effective Decisions
Chapter 3: Company Culture and Decision-Making

Part II: Knowing and Growing Yourself as a Decision-Maker
Chapter 4: Growing Your Business by Growing Yourself
Chapter 5: Raising Self- and Organizational Awareness for Better Decisions
Chapter 6: Learning from Mistakes and Unintended Consequences

Part III: Jumping In: The How-to of Decision-Making
Chapter 7: Understanding Intuitive Decision-Making
Chapter 8: Laying the Groundwork for All Decisions
Chapter 9: The Nitty-Gritty: Walking through the Decision-Making Process
Chapter 10: Tackling Various Types of Business Decisions
Chapter 11: Exploring the Decision-Making Tool Kit
Chapter 12: Strengthening Relationships with Employees and Customers

Part IV: Making Decisions in Various Roles
Chapter 13: Becoming a More Effective Decision-Maker
Chapter 14: Making Decisions as a Manager
Chapter 15: Making Decisions as an Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner

Part V: Applying Decision-Making Skills to Specific Challenges
Chapter 16: Using Change to Achieve Personal Fulfillment
Chapter 17: Facilitating Participatory Decision-Making Meetings
Chapter 18: Making Decisions about Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Chapter 19: Setting Ethical Standards

Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Decision-Making in Uncertain Situations
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Improve Decision-Making
Chapter 22: Ten Secrets behind Ethical Decision-Making