Problem Solving in Business and Management
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Problem Solving in Business and Management by Michael J Hicks
The main aim of this book is to provide an introduction to a range of problem-solving skills required by students and practitioners in business and management. It forms a practical guide with illustrative examples of the identification and resolving of problems. There is coverage and explanation of each of the three major approaches to problem solving and decision making: creative, rational (logical) and systematic (soft systems). The author not only shows how these approaches can be applied individually, but also offers a synthesis for their use together in a range of situations and organizations. The book assumes no previous knowledge, but is designed to provide sufficient rigour and analysis to satisfy degree and postgraduate introductory-level requirements. It may also prove of some use to practising managers, engineers and professionals wishing to develop their problem-solving skills.
Michael Hicks recently retired after thirty-five years as a professor of music at Brigham Young University. He is the author of five books in University of Illinois Press's Music in American Life series, including Mormonism and Music: A History, and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography. His historical and analytical articles have appeared in books such as the Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World and the Oxford Handbook of Mormonism as well as journals that include Journal of the American Musicological Society and Journal of Aesthetic Education. He has twice won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award (1994 and 2003) for his writing about music and a third time as editor of the journal American Music, a post he held in 2007-10. He and his wife, Pam, are the parents of four children and grandparents of fourteen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780412374906 |
| ISBN 10 | 0412374900 |
| Title | Problem Solving in Business and Management |
| Author | Michael J Hicks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall |
| Year published | 1991-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 327 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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