Sources of power : how people make decisions / Gary Klein
- Bib ID:
- 244831
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Klein, Gary A
- Description:
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- Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c1998
- xviii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0262112272
- 0262611465 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilled. Gary Klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced and documents human strengths and capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignored.
Since 1985 Klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situations. Sources of Power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditions. The professionals studied include fire-fighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess masters. Each chapter builds on key incidents and examples to make the description of the methodology and phenomena more vivid. In addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult tasks.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Chronicling the Strengths Used in Making Difficult Decisions
- 2. Learning from the Firefighters
- 3. The Recognition-Primed Decision Model
- 4. The Power of Intuition
- 5. The Power of Mental Simulation
- 6. The Vincennes Shootdown
- 7. Mental Simulation and Decision Making
- 8. The Power to Spot Leverage Points
- 9. Nonlinear Aspects of Problem Solving
- 10. The Power to See the Invisible
- 11. The Power of Stories
- 12. The Power of Metaphors and Analogues
- 13. The Power to Read Minds
- 14. The Power of the Team Mind
- 15. The Power of Rational Analysis and the Problem of Hyperrationality
- 16. Why Good People Make Poor Decisions
- 17. Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index.
- Subject:
- Decision making
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1998
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