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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"American foreign policy often looks like a trail of man-made debris and disaster. Of course, the explanations for many poorly-made decisions are rather complex. In this brief and cogent analysis, Houghton shows us that understanding American foreign policy often comes down to recognizing the cognitive limitations of the decision-makers, which affects the foreign policy process. Then there is the nature of the decisions themselves. Quite a few decisions...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author, Dan Ariely, teams up with financial comedian and writer Jeff Kreisler, to delve into the truly irrational world of personal finance, blending humor and behavioral economics to help people understand the psychology behind their financial decisions and show them how they can make better ones. He entertains critical questions such as these:
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Day I Die is a major work of nonfiction that tackles the one issue we'll all eventually come to face-our final days, hours, and minutes. With clarity and empathy, award-winning anthropologist Anita Hannig uncovers the stigma against the practice of assisted dying, untangles the legalities and logistics of pursuing an assisted death in America today, and profiles the dedicated advocates and medical personnel involved. In intimate, lyrical detail,...
Author
Publisher
Quill
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
This insightful and brilliant analysis of ethics teaches readers valuable skills in evaluating tough choices and arriving at sound conclusions.
An essential guide to ethical action updated for our challenging times, How Good People Make Tough Choices by Rushworth M. Kidder offers practical tools for dealing with the difficult moral dilemmas we face in our everyday lives. The founder and president of the Institute for Global Ethics, Dr. Kidder provides...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
We often make small ethical compromises for "good" reasons: We lie to a customer because our boss asked us to. We exaggerate our accomplishments on our résumé to get an interview. Temptation blindsides us. And we make snap decisions we regret.
Minor ethical lapses can seem harmless, but they instill in us a hard-to-break habit of distorted thinking. Rationalizations drown out our inner voice, and we make up the rules as we go. We lose control of...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A gripping exploration of a jury's members' perspectives on the most wrenching decision: the death sentence
With a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous choice.
Bringing drama to life, A Life and Death Decision gives unique insight into how a jury deliberates. We feel the passions, anger, and despair as the jurors grapple with legal, moral,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Building a work-life balance continues to be a growing challenge, as technology breaks down the physical boundaries between home and the office. Curating Your Life offers a new approach for business leaders looking for success at work and satisfaction at home"--
Author
Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
What you say or don't say in a conversation can have life-defining consequences on ourselves and those around us. Speak Up helps you to navigate power differences so you can speak up with confidence and enable others to find their voice in a way that will be heard. Our day-to-day conversations define how we see ourselves and how we're seen. The choices we make about what to say and who to say it to are decisive factors in whether we get promoted,...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"How Dwight D. Eisenhower led America through a transformational time-by a DC policy strategist, security expert and his granddaughter. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, Ike was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A group of data scientists at Google embark on a four-year study of how the best teams function, and find that how a group interacts is much more important than who is in the group. A Marine Corps general, faced with low morale among recruits, reimagines boot camp -- and discovers that instilling a 'bias toward action' can turn even the most directionless teenagers into self-motivating achievers. The filmmakers behind Disney-s Frozen are on the brink...
Author
Publisher
Divination Foundation Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever passed up something good in the hope that something perfect would come along? Or missed an exceptional opportunity because your timing was off? Is it hard for you to distinguish between a risk worth taking and wishful thinking? Over the course of a lifetime, you need to make important personal and business decisions that will determine your levels of success and happiness. Strategic decision-making skills are crucial to finding or expressing...
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