Sources of power : how people make decisions
(1999, original release: 1998)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
153.83/KLEIN,G

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 153.83/KLEIN,G Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999
©1998
EDITION
First MIT Press paperback edition
DESCRIPTION

xviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
0262611465 (pbk.), 9780262611466 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Chronicling the strengths used in making difficult decisions -- Learning from the firefighters -- The recognition-primed decision model -- The power of intuition -- The power of mental simulation -- The Vincennes shootdown -- Mental simulation and decision making -- The power to spot leverage points -- Nonlinear aspects of problem solving -- The power to see the invisible -- The power of stories -- The power of metaphors and analogues -- The power to read minds -- The power of the team mind -- The power of rational analysis and the problem of hyperrationality -- Why good people make poor decisions -- Conclusions

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