Decision making : an integrated approach

Part 1: Approaches to Decision-Making - I Introduction / 2 Diagnosis and systems thinking /systems thinking and general systems theory / Organisations as systems / Properties of organisational systems / The emerging systems view / Systems approaches to decision-making / Decision-making and modes of thinking / The hard systems approach The soft systems approach /Part 2: Behavioural Approaches - 3 Group and organisational decision-making / Group and decision-making Strengths and weaknesses of group decision-making The effective group / Organisational aspects of decision-making / 4 Psychology of decision-making i Rationality versus Irrationality Perception and bias Involvement and commitment Career development and choices / Part 3: Examination of Management Science Approaches - 5 Simulation and model building / Models and systems / Type of model and their uses / Problem analysis using a model / Pointers to the successful use of models Future trend, in modelling software for business 6 Examination of management science approaches: context and application / 7 Decision-making - a management accountants approach / Decision-making in the short term / Decisions in the long term / Part 4: Corporate Decision-Making - 8 Strategic decision-making / The strategy process / Strategic analysis / Mission / Environment I Resources / Strategy as a dynamic process / 9 Chaos and decision-making / Chaos theory - an overview / Old and new assumptions Implications for business decision-making / 10 Ethics in business decision-making / An introduction to ethical thinking / Ethics and business - the dimensions of concern / How should decision-makers behave / Changing ethical priorities and the rise of green issues / The complexity of environmental ethics / Environmental ethics - a case study of power generation / Part 5: Rational of Decision-Making The decision-making process - integration and rationality