{"product_id":"9780195131963","title":"The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn this indispensable book, a widely experienced business consultant provides a complete set of analytical tools essential to successful trouble-shooting, effective planning, and making better decisions faster, more confidently, and more often. \u003cbr\u003eHow can you help your company solve a problem in just a few days that's been plaguing managers for three months? How can you bring a room of executives to a consensus on a critical decision that the CEO and his committee have been wrestling with for years? Of course, this is easier said than done. Indeed, not a week goes by without a major business media story about a company that has fallen on hard times and an executive that has resigned for \"personal reasons.\" The root of the failure is usually ineffective decision-making processes, and ultimately, bad decisions. In \u003cem\u003eThe Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eManager's Toolbox\u003c\/em\u003e, veteran consultant and renowned business thinker William J. Altier cogently presents the underpinnings of successful thinking processes and their applications, drawing on practical, real-world experiences. The first section explores the fundamentals of thinking, change, and the critical role that sound thinking processes play in effective problem solving. The second section, your basic toolbox, develops five, in-depth fundamental thinking processes. And a third section, the advanced toolbox, develops more specialized applications for creative problem solving. \u003cbr\u003eHere then is a valuable primer for anyone, whether a middle manager or a CEO, seeking to solve problems and make better decisions more efficiently. \u003cem\u003eThe Thinking Manager's Toolbox\u003c\/em\u003e is an invaluable resource for those seeking to develop the fundamental thinking processes necessary to perform with excellence.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016477622512,"sku":"9780195131963","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780195131963_p0.jpg?v=1763663653","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195131963","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}