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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-101118065700

ISBN-139781118065709

eBay Product ID (ePID)62983764

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameJudgment in Managerial Decision Making

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

SubjectDecision-Making & Problem Solving, General, Management

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation, Psychology, Business & Economics

AuthorDona. Moore, Max H. Bazerman

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number8

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2012-022853

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Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal658.4/03

Table Of ContentChapter 1 Introduction to Managerial Decision Making 1 The Anatomy of Decisions 1 System 1 and System 2 Thinking 3 The Bounds of Human Attention and Rationality 5 Introduction to Judgmental Heuristics 7 An Outline of Things to Come 10 Chapter 2 Overconfidence 14 The Mother of All Biases 14 Overprecision 16 Overestimation 22 Overplacement 26 Let's Hear it for Well-Calibrated Decision Making 28 Chapter 3 Common Biases 31 Biases Emanating from the Availability Heuristic 34 Biases Emanating from the Representativeness Heuristic 38 Biases Emanating from the Confirmation Heuristic 46 Integration and Commentary 57 Chapter 4 Bounded Awareness 60 Inattentional Blindness 65 Change Blindness 66 Focalism and the Focusing Illusion 67 Bounded Awareness in Groups 69 Bounded Awareness in Strategic Settings 71 Discussion 81 Chapter 5 Framing and the Reversal of Preferences 82 Framing and the Irrationality of the Sum of Our Choices 85 We Like Certainty, Even Pseudocertainty 87 Framing and The Overselling of Insurance 90 What's It Worth to You? 91 The Value We Place on What We Own 93 Mental Accounting 94 Rebate/Bonus Framing 96 Joint-versus-Separate Preference Reversals 98 Conclusion and Integration 100 Chapter 6 Motivational and Emotional Influences on Decision Making 103 When Emotion and Cognition Collide 105 Self-Serving Reasoning 112 Emotional Influences on Decision Making 114 Summary 117 Chapter 7 The Escalation of Commitment 119 The Unilateral Escalation Paradigm 121 The Competitive Escalation Paradigm 123 Why Does Escalation Occur? 127 Integration 131 Chapter 8 Fairness and Ethics in Decision Making 132 Perceptions of Fairness 133 When We Resist "Unfair" Ultimatums 135 When We are Concerned about the Outcomes of Others 139 Why do Fairness Judgments Matter? 142 Bounded Ethicality 143 Overclaiming Credit 145 In-Group Favoritism 146 Implicit Attitudes 147 Indirectly Unethical Behavior 151 When Values Seem Sacred 152 The Psychology of Conflicts of Interest 154 Conclusion 158 Chapter 9 Common Investment Mistakes 160 The Psychology of Poor Investment Decisions 162 Active Trading 170 Action Steps 171 Chapter 10 Making Rational Decisions in Negotiations 175 A Decision-Analytic Approach to Negotiations 176 Claiming Value in Negotiation 179 Creating Value in Negotiation 180 The Tools of Value Creation 185 Summary and Critique 191 Chapter 11 Negotiator Cognition 193 The Mythical Fixed Pie of Negotiation 193 The Framing of Negotiator Judgment 195 Escalation of Conflict 196 Overestimating Your Value in Negotiation 198 Self-Serving Biases in Negotiation 200 Anchoring in Negotiation 203 Conclusions 205 Chapter 12 Improving Decision Making 206 Strategy 1: Use Decision-Analysis Tools 208 Strategy 2: Acquire Expertise 213 Strategy 3: Debias Your Judgment 216 Strategy 4: Reason Analogically 219 Strategy 5: Take an Outsider's View 222 Strategy 6: Understand Biases in Others 223 Strategy 7: Nudge Wiser and More Ethical Decisions 226 Conclusion 228 References 231 Index 261 Index 743 Subject Index 751

SynopsisIn situations requiring careful judgment, every individual is influenced by their own biases to some extent. With Bazermans new seventh edition, readers can quickly learn how to overcome those biases to make better managerial decisions., Behavioral decision research provides many important insights into managerial behavior. From negotiation to investment decisions, the authors weave behavioral decision research into the organizational realm by examining judgment in a variety of managerial contexts. Embedded with the latest research and theories, Managerial Decision Making 8th Edition gives students the opportunity to understand their own decision-making tendencies, learn strategies for overcoming cognitive biases, and become better decision makers., In situations requiring careful judgment, every individual is influenced by their own biases to some extent. With Bazerman's new seventh edition, readers can quickly learn how to overcome those biases to make better managerial decisions. The book examines judgment in a variety of organizational contexts, and provides practical strategies for changing and improving decision-making processes so that they become part of one's permanent behavior.

LC Classification NumberHD30.23.B38 2013