The Best Decision-Making & Problem Solving Books 2024

1. Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques : A Contemporary Guide to the Ancient Investment Techniques of the Far East, Second Edition (Edition 2) (Hardcover)

In this contemporary guide to the ancient investment techniques of the Far East, the author provides an in-depth explanation of candlestick plotting and analysis. The ultimate guide to a critical tool for mastering the financial markets A longstanding form of technical analysis, Japanese candlestick charts are a dynamic and increasingly popular technical tool for traders of all skill levels. Known for its versatility, this ancient charting can be fused with every other technical tool available, including traditional Western technical analysis. Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques is the most comprehensive and trusted guide to this essential technique. Informed by years of research from a pioneer trader, this book covers everything you need to know, including hundreds of examples that show how candlestick techniques can be used in all of today's markets. This totally updated revision focuses on the needs of today's traders and investors with: * All new charts including more intra-day markets * New candlestick charting techniques * More focus on active trading for swing, online and day traders * New Western techniques in combination with candles * A greater spotlight on capital preservation. From speculation and hedging to futures and equities, candlestick charting is the next level up for both amateur day traders and seasoned technicians, and this book provides expert guidance for putting it into action

The ultimate guide to a critical tool for mastering the financial markets A longstanding form of technical analysis, Japanese candlestick charts are a dynamic and increasingly popular technical tool for traders of all skill levels. Known for its versatility, this ancient charting can be fused with every other technical tool available, including traditional Western technical analysis. Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques is the most comprehensive and trusted guide to this essential technique. Informed by years of research from a pioneer trader, this book covers everything you need to know, including hundreds of examples that show how candlestick techniques can be used in all of today’s markets. This totally updated revision focuses on the needs of today’s traders and investors with: * All new charts including more intra-day markets * New candlestick charting techniques * More focus on active trading for swing, online and day traders * New Western techniques in combination with candles * A greater spotlight on capital preservation. From speculation and hedging to futures and equities, candlestick charting is the next level up for both amateur day traders and seasoned technicians, and this book provides expert guidance for putting it into action

2. Think! : Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye

In "Think!," award-winning author LeGault refutes the 2005 bestseller "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thought" and describes an intellectual crisis in our country, the factors that created it, and why thinking is relevant to everyday lives, jobs, and quality of life.

This isn't the time to "Blink." It's time to THINK -- before it's too late. Outraged by the downward spiral of American intellect and culture, Michael R. LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling phenomenon, "Blink," which theorized that our best decision-making is done on impulse, without factual knowledge or critical analysis. If bestselling books are advising us to not think, LeGault argues, it comes as no surprise that sharp, incisive reasoning has become a lost art in the daily life of Americans. Somewhere along the line, the Age of Reason morphed into the Age of Emotion; this systemic erosion is costing time, money, jobs, and lives in the twenty-first century, leading to less fulfillment and growing dysfunction. LeGault provides a bold, controversial, and objective analysis of the causes and solutions for: - the erosion of growth and market share at many established American companies, big and small, which appear to have less chance of achieving the dynamic expansion of the past - permissive parenting and low standards that have caused an academic crisis among our children -- body weights rise while grades plummet - America's growing political polarization, which is a result of our reluctance to think outside our comfort zone - faulty planning and failure to act on information at all levels that has led to preventable disasters, such as the Hurricane Katrina meltdown - a culture of image and instant gratification, fed by reality shows and computer games, that has rendered curiosity of the mind and spirit all but obsolete - stress, aversion to taking risks, and therapy that are replacing thetraditional American "can do" mind-set. Far from perpetuating the stereotype of the complacent American, LeGault's no-holds-barred analysis asks more of us than any other societal overview: America can fulfill its greatest potential starting today, and we need smart teachers, smart health care workers, smart sales representatives, smart students, smart mechanics, and smart leaders to make it happen. Now is the time to THINK -- because a mind truly is a terrible thing to waste.

3. Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

Pre-Owned - The fourth edition of Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core focuses on the important core concepts in the dynamic field of operations. Just as lava flows from the core of the earth, operations and supply chain management is the core of business. Material must flow through supply chain processes to create cash output and input. This new edition has an increased focus on supply chain analytics involving the analysis of data to better solve business problems. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective

Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

4. "Yes" or "No": The Guide to Better Decisions, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - Yes or No, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Spencer Johnson, presents a brilliant and practical system anyone can use to make better decisions, soon and often -- both at work and in personal life. The Yes or No System lets us: focus on real needs, versus mere wants create better options see the likely consequences of choices and identify and then use our own integrity, intuition, and insight to gain peace of mind, self-confidence, and freedom from fear

"Yes" or "No": The Guide to Better Decisions, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

5. Conflict Management: A Practical Guide to Developing Negotiation Strategies, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - Well honed negotiating skills can benefit everyone both personally and professionally. This book explores how to develop critical negotiation skills using a very individual, personalized approach. It examines how personality and temperaments influence negotiation styles and techniques and provides numerous strategies proven effective with different personality types. Readers become more skilled in negotiations by understanding how conflict often begins the negotiation process. Exercises, self-assessment tools, and examples give readers an opportunity to identify, develop, practice, and perfect their own unique set of negotiation skills. Recognizes the link between personality and conflict management styles. Discusses psychological and sociological factors along with gender and cultural differences inherent in thenegotiation process. Offers self-assessment exercises to help readers identify their personal negotiation and conflict management styles. Looks at rules of negotiation and the common mistakes we all make. Covers team negotiation and third-party negotiation. For courses in business and communications or for anyone interested in improving personal negotiating skills.

Conflict Management: A Practical Guide to Developing Negotiation Strategies, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

6. Project Management: The Managerial Process with MS Project (The Mcgraw-Hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences), Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

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Project Management: The Managerial Process with MS Project (The Mcgraw-Hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences), Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

7. Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption in the tobacco industry, to sales of the defective Ford Pinto, the downfall of Bernard Madoff, and the Challenger space shuttle disaster, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and beyond, and illustrate how we can become more ethical, bridging the gap between who we are and who we want to be. Explaining why traditional approaches to ethics don't work, the book considers how blind spots like ethical fading--the removal of ethics from the decision--making process--have led to tragedies and scandals such as the Challenger space shuttle disaster, steroid use in Major League Baseball, the crash in the financial markets, and the energy crisis. The authors demonstrate how ethical standards shift, how we neglect to notice and act on the unethical behavior of others, and how compliance initiatives can actually promote unethical behavior. They argue that scandals will continue to emerge unless such approaches take into account the psychology of individuals faced with ethical dilemmas. Distinguishing our should self (the person who knows what is correct) from our want self (the person who ends up making decisions), the authors point out ethical sinkholes that create questionable actions. Suggesting innovative individual and group tactics for improving human judgment, Blind Spots shows us how to secure a place for ethics in our workplaces, institutions, and daily lives.

Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

8. The Art of Problem Solving, Volume 1: The Basics, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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The Art of Problem Solving, Volume 1: The Basics, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

9. Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

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Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

10. Manager's Guide to Crisis Management [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Lead your Organization through any business crisis and emerge stronger than ever Manager s Guide to Crisis Management provides the basic skills and knowledge you need to deal with the crises that inevitably occur in any business or organization. Covering every aspect of the topic from defining crisis management and policies to training for and responding to crises it helps you fully grasp any situation that threatens business, careers, and even lives. Lead through any crisis smoothly and with minimal ramifications by mastering the most effective tactics, including: Planning for and training staff in crisis management Anticipating and preventing crises before they occur Managing the company s online reputation Addressing crises that affect multicultural stakeholders Creating effective crisis-related messaging Knowing when to bring in a specialist About the Briefcase Books series: Briefcase Books , written specifically for today s busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page: Key Terms: Clear definitions of key terms and concepts Smart Managing: Tactics and strategies for managing crises Tricks of the Trade: Tips for executing the tactics in the book Mistake Proofing: Practical advice for minimizing the possibility of error Caution: Warning signs for when things are about to go wrong For Example: Examples of successful crisis management Tools: Specific planning procedures, tactics, and hands-on techniques "

Manager's Guide to Crisis Management, Used [Paperback]