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State of denial State of denial Bob Woodward "State of Denial examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Two days after the May report, the Pentagon told Congre… OL11651221W
Our war on ourselves Our war on ourselves Willem H. Vanderburg "Our approach to knowing and doing is based on delegating physical phenomena to physicists, biological phenomena to biologists, social phenomena to sociologists, economic phenomena to economists, and… OL16674468W
A study of performance measurement in the outsourcing decision A study of performance measurement in the outsourcing decision Ronan McIvor Outsourcing is a key issue for many organisations having moved from the contracting out of peripheral activities such as cleaning to more critical areas such as design and marketing. This report is f… OL16940095W
Flux Flux Dilip Soman,David Allan Soberman The book's integrated approach makes it an excellent resource not only for marketing managers but any managers dealing with customers. OL17904488W
Prospect theory Prospect theory Peter P. Wakker "Prospect Theory: For Risk and Ambiguity provides the first comprehensive and accessible textbook treatment of the way decisions are made both when we have the statistical probabilities associated wi… OL18601722W
Would you rather--? Would you rather--? Justin Heimberg,David Gomberg Get ready for more super-silly, sickly satisfying questions. Is brimming with the most bizarre, gross, wildly imaginative, and tastily tasteless questions yet! Challenge your friends with over 300 de… OL20467599W
Safe and sound Safe and sound John Fox Jr.,Subrata Das "In this book, John Fox and Subrata Das examine realizable systems that perform intelligent tasks in medicine, exploring their designs and the problems they create as well as their successes." "Fox a… OL20804605W
The Midnight Library The Midnight Library Matt Haig Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you… OL20965973W
Plouf plouf! Achille hésite Plouf plouf! Achille hésite Catherine Pineur Achille ne sait pas choisir. Il hésite entre la confiture et le miel, l'écharpe à carreaux ou celle à pois, alors il tire au sort. OL20982968W
Émotivité et efficacité au travail Émotivité et efficacité au travail Eugène Houde Les principes de la psychothérapie émotivo-rationnelle appliqués au domaine de la gestion du personnel. L'auteur indique quoi faire et comment le faire, de façon concrète, détendue, à partir de cas v… OL21715904W
Pouvoir et décision Pouvoir et décision W. Phillips Shively Sous la double approche du pouvoir et des décisions collectives, cet ouvrage se veut une introduction à la fois pratique et théorique aux phénomènes politiques. La version française a été adaptée à l… OL21730205W
Éthique clinique Éthique clinique Antoine Payot,Annie Janvier "Peut-il être acceptable de mentir à un patient? Face à plusieurs interventions possibles, doit-on rester neutres, faire une recommandation, n'en offrir qu'une? Comment gérer les dilemmes éthiques qu… OL24199264W
L'essentiel du tableau de bord L'essentiel du tableau de bord Alain Fernandez "La méthode proposée reprend les principes les plus récents de conception des tableaux de bord pour les adapter aux besoins des managers. Rapidité, simplicité et faible coût de réalisation en sont le… OL24434946W
Decision analysis for management judgment Decision analysis for management judgment Paul Goodwin In an increasingly complex world, decision analysis plays a key role in helping managers gain a greater understanding of the situations they face. This updated classic offers unrivalled coverage of t… OL2657963W
Choosing life or death Choosing life or death William J. Winslade Describes the legal, ethical, financial, medical, and emotional aspects of decisions involving the critically ill, and discusses living wills, kidney dialysis, handicapped newborns, organ transplants… OL2707754W
Finding new ground Finding new ground Robert J. Chadwick Conflict is at the heart of life. It impacts relationships of the heart, the home, the community, and at work. Most flee from it, some embrace it, but few learn how to master conflict and productivel… OL27712653W
Men's pathways to parenthood Men's pathways to parenthood Tracy Morison Men's Pathways to Parenthood deals with the neglected topic of men's roles in decisions about having children. It contributes significantly to building a knowledge base around the intricacies and com… OL28587560W
Guide to the decision-making tool for evaluating passenger self-tagging Guide to the decision-making tool for evaluating passenger self-tagging Francis Barich TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 41: Guide to the Decision-Making Tool for Evaluating Passenger Self-Tagging provides the information and tools, included on and accompanying C… OL28966672W
Dakt'ŏsŭ ssingk'ing Dakt'ŏsŭ ssingk'ing Jerome E. Groopman A physician discusses the thought patterns and actions that lead to misdiagnosis on the part of healthcare providers, and suggests methods that patients can use to help doctors assess conditions more… OL29229439W
Do More Good. Better Do More Good. Better Steve Scheier "If you're an executive director, board member, leader, staff member, or even a volunteer in a nonprofit, you've chosen this path because you want to make the world better. Yet the majority who work … OL29316837W
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