February 1997 € Volume 24 € Number 1
New Books
Strategic Decision Making
INFORMS member Craig Kirkwood has combined an abundance of practical applications with problem-solving activities to build decision-making skills used for more than two decades in the decision-making process. "Strategic Decision Making" focuses on practical, tested approaches based on sound decision-making principles.Through clear explanations and Microsoft Excel™ instructions, Kirkwood helps the reader understand how to analyze decisions with multiple objectives while using spreadsheets. Examples and exercises focus on strategic applications such as new product development, computer system selection, corporate goal setting and facility site selection.
Published by Duxbury Press.
Financial Optimization
The use of formal mathematical models and optimization in finance
has been common practice for two decades. "Financial Optimization"
presents the interdependence between the fields of finance,
management science and operations research.Researchers from the North American academic institutions present the state-of-the-art in financial optimization, while analysts from the industry discuss the latest business techniques practiced by financial firms in London, New York and Tokyo.
The text covers a range of topics from portfolio management of equities and fixed income investments to the pricing mortgage and other asset-backed products.
Published by Cambridge University Press.
Thinking Strategically
In order to maximize their effectiveness, professionals &endash;
in any field &endash; need more than skill and motivation. The
process of innovative problem solving is essential to managing
complex enterprises, but until now, has been poorly understood."Thinking Strategically" outlines this process using four key components: strategic creativity, innovation generation and elaboration, strategic problem solving, and reality checks.
Specific conceptual tools are presented for classifying problem-solving style, for identification of opportunities, for the analysis of problems and for turning innovations into finished products. "Thinking Strategically" provides the necessary power tools for dissecting complex problems and creating innovative solutions.
Published by Cambridge University Press.
Organizational Decision Making
Organizational decision making is often seen as a coherent and
logical process in which alternative interests, beliefs and
perspectives are considered in an orderly manner until the ideal
alternative is selected. However, many organization members have
discovered, from personal experiences, that real decision processes
seldom fit such a description."Organizational Decision Making" brings together researchers who focus on cognitive aspects of decision processes and those who study organizational aspects such as conflict, incentives, power and ambiguity.
Using concepts derived from Herbert Simon &endash; who studied the bounded rationality and heuristics involved in organizational decision making &endash; "Organizational Decision Making" is designed to further an understanding of this complex process.
Published by Cambridge University Press.
Ellipsoidal Calculus for Estimation and Control
The investigation of control and estimation problems under unknown
but bounded errors and disturbances may lead to solutions and
procedures formulated in terms of sets and set-valued functions."Ellipsoidal Calculus for Estimation and Control" gives an account of an ellipsoidal calculus and ellipsoidal techniques, developed by the authors, that allows presentation of the set-valued solutions to these problems in terms approximating ellipsoidal-valued functions. Problems treated in the text are those that involve calculation of attainability domains, of control synthesis under bounded controls, state constraints and unknown input disturbances.
The text ranges from a specially designed theory of exact set-valued solutions to the description of the ellipsoidal calculus, related ellipsoidal-based methods and examples worked out with computer graphics.
Published by Birkhäuser.
Nonparametric Methods for Quantitative Analysis (3rd Edition)
This book is designed to introduce the reader to an area of
statistical analysis known as nonparametric methods. Following the
introduction, sections cover goodness-of-fit tests, inferences
concerning location based on one sample or paired samples, inferences
concerning location based on two or more samples, inferences
concerning scale parameters, general distribution tests, association
analysis, tests for randomness, and selection procedures for binomial
distributions.This third edition offers the addition of computer package solutions to selected examples in the text.
Published by American Sciences Press.
Getting Your Boss's Number
The Enneagram, which defines nine basic world views and provides
insight to the behavior of individuals, has been used all over the
country by organizations and individuals. In "Getting Your Boss's
Number," management consultant Michael J. Goldberg takes the
Enneagram into the workplace offering insight into how people behave,
relate and make decisions.Using expert direction he has already seen work for organizations such as Motorola and the CIA, Goldberg offers real solutions for everyone who wants to communicate more effectively, negotiate with power, complete projects with less stress, and more importantly, stay ahead of the game.
Published by Harper San Francisco.
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