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How do organizations make decisions? Or how do they make really good decisions? Researchers and writers have been thinking about, studying and writing about these quandaries for a long time. This book … - See more at: http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leade...
I picked this up from Booksale after scanning it a bit, as I thought it was written rather well. I like the format of the book, in that it doesn't exactly tell you what to do, but only tells success stories that you can relate to and hopefully, learn from. If you're looking for a book with a step-by-step guide on how to pick the right organizational decisions, this isn't it.
I just couldn't get into this one. Each chapter focused on a different organization and a different decision, but once introduced, I found the discussion tedious and sort of full of obvious points. I was "reading" this one as an audiobook and I have very little patience for boring audiobooks as me nodding off while driving would be a very bad thing. So I gave up on this one.
12 stories, some of which I enjoyed more than others: in particular the one about the ancient Athenians facing the onslaught of Xerxes's Persian army! (is it just because I'm a history buff?) That outlier aside, I enjoyed and took away more from all three stories in the "Culture" subsection than the others.
The case studies in this book are practical examples of good decisions made by teams that made them achieve great success henceforth, and is easily applicable by anyone reading the book at their organizations.
Just finished #JudgmentCalls. A good collection of best practices coupled with examples of companies who were able to make the right call in challenging times.
Thought it was time to get back into some business books but found this very shallow and uninspiring to say the least...
Thought it was time to get back into some business books but found this very shallow and uninspiring to say the least...
I can relate with the McKinsey case study as I have worked for Accenture before, the case scenario is almost the same as Accenture, but the way McKinsey turn around and address the talent issue is interesting. This book doesn't give any model nor framework to the reader for better decision making but it provides case study examples of companies and organizations, it talks about their stories and the initiative that they have taken to come to good decision making. The EMC case study is also very
I can relate with the McKinsey case study as I have worked for Accenture before, the case scenario is almost the same as Accenture, but the way McKinsey turn around and address the talent issue is interesting. This book doesn't give any model nor framework to the reader for better decision making but it provides case study examples of companies and organizations, it talks about their stories and the initiative that they have taken to come to good decision making. The EMC case study is also very
This book is about decision making and particularly about how organisational knowledge can be harnessed and used in a collaborative approach to the big decisions organisations need to make to remain successful."Judgment Calls" looks at 12 case studies of organisations which have made successful decisions at critical times and the processes CEOs and senior managers have used to engender a collaborative rather than a top-down leader approach. For me, the most important parts of the book are the Pr...
The idea itself is not new: Decisions should be data-informed and participative.As a generalist, I like how he pulls cases from different disciplines together to explain the points, how we face unique yet somewhat similar problems in whatever proffession we chosse. There're 12 cases with clear catergories and written-down purposes of each, which saves lots of time choosing the relevant ones to read. The thing that I love most is not the core idea but some interesting practices in cases of health...
Nearly nothing interesting or original in here. The chapters are too superficial to be insightful and too boring to be provocative.
Like a series of business cases on the theme of making the right decisions. I liked that the twelve cases provided a level of detail that you wouldn't get from shorter magazine articles, although these cases were roughly the length of an HBR article or an article in Inc magazine, and an Inc article is what these felt like (albeit a sugarcoated one). But I notice that many of these decisions were evaluated in the short term and we don't always hear about the long term consequences. Also, the stor...
First, I enjoyed the case studies included in the text. However, I challenge the authors' success in accomplishing their stated goal - that is, the show how we have moved away from the "Great Man" theories of leadership. The case studies do show collaborative leadership, joint decision-making at several levels, etc., yet the final section reiterates the importance of the leader.True, we have moved away from the purest sense of the "Great Man" theories. Yet Davenport and Manville have stumbled up...
This book is an anecdotal account of different scenarios which the author believes contain significant acts of judgment. While these scenarios may be helpful for some people, particularly those who can relate to the people in the particular situations, it draws loose conclusions about the nature of judgment itself. As a result, its relevance is likely lacking for the person who wants to know more about judgment itself. In fact, one of the most fruitful conclusions that I took away from the books...
This book is an anecdotal account of different scenarios which the author believes contain significant acts of judgment. While these scenarios may be helpful for some people, particularly those who can relate to the people in the particular situations, it draws loose conclusions about the nature of judgment itself. As a result, its relevance is likely lacking for the person who wants to know more about judgment itself. In fact, one of the most fruitful conclusions that I took away from the books...
This book is an anecdotal account of different scenarios which the author believes contain significant acts of judgment. While these scenarios may be helpful for some people, particularly those who can relate to the people in the particular situations, it draws loose conclusions about the nature of judgment itself. As a result, its relevance is likely lacking for the person who wants to know more about judgment itself. In fact, one of the most fruitful conclusions that I took away from the books...
This book is an anecdotal account of different scenarios which the author believes contain significant acts of judgment. While these scenarios may be helpful for some people, particularly those who can relate to the people in the particular situations, it draws loose conclusions about the nature of judgment itself. As a result, its relevance is likely lacking for the person who wants to know more about judgment itself. In fact, one of the most fruitful conclusions that I took away from the books...
This book is an anecdotal account of different scenarios which the author believes contain significant acts of judgment. While these scenarios may be helpful for some people, particularly those who can relate to the people in the particular situations, it draws loose conclusions about the nature of judgment itself. As a result, its relevance is likely lacking for the person who wants to know more about judgment itself. In fact, one of the most fruitful conclusions that I took away from the books...