The three authors, all involved with Bain's Organization practice, outline five steps to improve the effectiveness of an organization's decision making. Each one gets a chapter, from assessing the current practices, to embedding the developed capabilities into day to day operations. There appears to be a conscious attempt to not name former clients, but judging from the index, examples probably include work with the Ford Motor Company, British American Tobacco, and MetLife. The volume includes an appendix specifying the sources of data for the book, such as executive interviews or quantitative field research, along with a description of the methods of analysis. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Dithering. Decisions that turn out wrong. Decisions that people sabotage or don't know how to implement. If your company's experiencing these problems, it's not alone. Most organizations don't know how to make and execute good decisions. And they're paying a high price—as profitability and competitiveness erode.It doesn't have to be this way. In Decide and Deliver, the authors draw on Bain & Company's extensive research to present a five-step process for improving your firm's decision effectiveness:1. Assess your decision effectiveness—and how your organization affects it.2. Identify your critical decisions.3. Set individual critical decisions up for success.4. Ensure that your company enables and reinforces great decision making and execution.5. Embed the changes in everyday practice.Master this process, and you see immediate results: people across your organization collaborate to make crucial decisions better and faster than your rivals. And they execute them flawlessly-fueling unprecedented financial performance.Filled with powerful hands-on tools and detailed examples from companies as varied as Ford Motor Company, British American Tobacco, Telstra, Lafarge, and ABB UK, Decide and Deliver helps you make decision management a potent competitive weapon in your company.
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