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Title: The Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and Decision Making by William J. Altier ISBN: 0-19-513196-7 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A primer for those who normally "go with their gut"!
Comment: This book is an excellent primer on decision-making and problem-solving. It is especially relevant to those who normally rely on intuitive processes and fail to recognize the value that can be added by a formal decision process. The author makes a great case for the use of more formal processes and backs it up with his own experiences with business decisions.

When I read The Thinking Managers' Toolbox, the innovative framework (the organization of the toolbox) jumped out at me. The author's years of experience in helping people and organizations make decisions and solve problems shines in his presentation of a method to choose the right tool for the right problem. But the author goes beyond the organization of the toolbox into a lucid presentation of some of the tools that have worked well over the years. The author explains these tools in a readable manner that can enable the reader to apply them almost immediately.

Great book! A must read for anyone who makes decisions or who has problems (if you can read this you're included).

Rating: 5
Summary: Do you want to see people actually solve problems together?
Comment: If you would like to see people actually solve problems together, then get this book and use the techniques Bill Altier describes. As a consultant who uses the tools described here, I can verify that they work. The thrill never ceases to watch a group of diverse people - from different groups and levels of an organization - learn that they can, in fact, work together, that among them they have the knowledge and creativity to solve problems and develop strategies.

For people who are resistant to have a team attack a problem because meetings are unproductive, this book will show you that it is the way the meeting is run that is not productive. It is the thinking process that gets the result, whether for an individual or a group, and this book shows how much better that result can be from a group.

This is not a "light-reading" pleasure book, but it is well worth the effort. It gives a great deal of detail on why and how the tools work and how to apply them. If you are willing to wade in and try these techniques, you will be surprised at how much better at problem solving both you and your people are. They may even find they like working together.

Rating: 5
Summary: the thinking manager's toolbox
Comment: If you read the book after you've worked with him - you know he's right on the money in the real world. These are not hypothetical "what ifs". When you do what the man says your chances of success are dramatically increased.

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