The Self-Learning Management Series aims to educate those new to the responsibilities of management, likely coming from other fields. This book does a yeoman’s job at providing exposure to foundational concepts about decision making in business. It’s like a textbook, except a bit briefer and a bit more accessible (in other words, less academic). Koscinski, a professor of business, summarizes current thought about decision-making.
Helpfully, Koscinski keeps current with the state of thought by mixing Nobel prizewinners with age-old ideas. This book enables those, like me, who did not receive a business education to quickly learn how to succeed at management. This brief summary covers many topics, like negotiation, risk, methods, and computations.
The biggest weakness of this work is that it is so, well, vanilla. It does not argue any new principle or theory, nor does it attempt to be more comprehensive than competing books. Instead, it sits, relatively undefined, in the middle. Also, many of the charts use abbreviations that are undefined; they would benefit from some elaboration and captions.
Overall, I am confident that this book, like many in this series, will serve its intended purpose of providing fundamental business education to those practicing management from another profession. However, for high-fliers and the curious, this book will just whet the tastebuds but leave deeper questions unanswered.
Decision Making Essentials: You Always Wanted to Know
By Mark Koscinski
Copyright (c) 2021
Vibrant Publishers
Self-Learning Management Series
ISBN13 9781636510026
Page Count: 188
Genre: Business/Management
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