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title	:	Decision Making for Technology Executives : Using Multiple Perspectives to Improved Performance Artech House Technology Management and Professional Development Library
author	:	Linstone, Harold A.
publisher	:	Artech House, Inc.
isbn10 | asin	:	0890064032
print isbn13	:	9780890064030
ebook isbn13	:	9781580532167
language	:	English
subject	Decision making, Technology--Management.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	T57.95.L55 1999eb
ddc	:	658.4/03
subject	:	Decision making, Technology--Management.

Page iii Decision Making for Technology Executives: Using Multiple Perspectives to Improve Performance Harold A. Linstone

Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Linstone, Harold A. Decision making for technology excutives : using multiple perspectives to improve performance / Harold A. Linstone p. cm. (Artech House technology management and professional development library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89006-403-2 (alk. paper) 1. Decision making 2. Technology-- Management. I. Title. II. Series: Artech House professional developement and technology management library T57.95.L55 1999 658.4'03DC21 99-19222 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Linstone, Harold A. Decision making for technology excutives: using multiple perspectives to improve performance. - (Artech House technology management and professional developement library) 1. Decision making 2. Performance I. Title 658.4'03 ISBN 0-89006-403-2 Cover design by Lynda Fishbourne 1999 Artech House All rights reserved. Printed and bound in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. Artech House cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. International Standard Book Number: 658.4'03 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-19222 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Page v In memory of my parents, who opened my mind to many perspectives.

Page vii Contents Foreword xi Preface xvii Acknowledgments xviii Contributors xviii 1 Introduction 1 References 8 2 The Usual Perspective and Its Limitations 11 2.1 The Problem-Solution View 13 2.2 Optimization or the "Best" Solution Search 15 2.3 Reductionism 15 2.4 Reliance on Data and Models 17 2.5 Quantification 22 2.6 Objectivity 24 2.7 Ignoring or Avoiding the Individual 25 2.8 Perceptions of Time 26 References 29 3 Our Proposed Perspectives 31

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