HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions

by Harvard Business Review

Learn how to make better; faster decisions.

You make decisions every day--from prioritizing your to-do list to choosing which long-term innovation projects to pursue. But most decisions don't have a clear-cut answer, and assessing the alternatives and the risks involved can be overwhelming.

You need a smarter approach to making the best choice possible. The HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions provides practical tips and advice to help you generate more-creative ideas, evaluate your alternatives fairly, and make the final call with confidence.

You'll learn how

Overcome the cognitive biases that can skew your thinkingLook at problems in new waysManage the trade-offs between optionsBalance data with your own judgmentReact appropriately when you've made a bad choiceCommunicate your decision--and overcome any resistance

Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Management, Audiobook, Self Help

202 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 11, 2020

Reviews

[The Conch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Generally the tool which was suggested by Benjamin Franklin is still popular. A simple scoring process is used. However, this book gives various methods for taking strategic decision.

[Delicia Nugroho · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is filled with practical instructions on how to make better decisions. They outline the book and divide it into five sections: Getting Started, Generate Possible Solutions, Evaluate Your Options, Make the Choice and Follow Through, and Managing Though Situations.

Some of the articles are more deliberate while some titles are self-explanatory. Only several of them that are long, while the rests are just a couple of pages.

The interesting thing is that this book is not only good for making decisions as a manager, but for the daily life as well. I would recommend this book for anyone who has trouble deciding anything, or even just to know how to avoid the misconceptions and biases when it comes to making a decision.

[Matiinu Iman Ramadhan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Decision Making is Tough and This Readings Provide the Baskc Guideline

SInce decision making is always happening in our life, to see it being framed in well structured explanation and example helps me so much to capture the main idea of the decision making process. This readings is one of the good source for us to quickly capture the steps and implement it step-by-step in our daily life.

[John Pearson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many chapters present decision making frameworks that can fit into a variety of scenarios. I listened to the audiobook and will probably pick up a used paper copy to have on the shelf. The examples do lean heavily on a specific type of corporate decisions, and some chapters were a bit generic or overlapping.

[Nabeel Nasir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Offered a lot of tips on improving the decision making process. As a project manager who routinely faces many decision points, I've learned a great deal from the book. The chapters from John S. Hammond I found were the most useful.

[Ahmed Al-awainati · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great group of articles about decision making process gathered in one book. It is good for those just started the process of decision making in business

[Tapesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for beginner not for advance

[Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was just a good lesson, learn a lot.

[Jorg van Gaal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite some good articles ut a bit repititive after some time in my opnion. Maybe because I have read quite a bit on this topic already.

[Books · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good articles here and there. But the book as a whole lacks substance