Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management Handbook of Decision Making, Book 4, (Hardcover)

This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of research and theories on decision making in organizations at the strategic level of analysis.

Chapters are authored by leading international scholars, with some illustrative case vignettes from practitioners. Each contributor was selected for his/her special knowledge of the field.

The Handbook addresses key questions confronting the decision making research of the past and the present, offers critiques, and suggests future research directions. Topics covered emphasize the classic decision theory perspectives while also incorporating recent insights from the fields of strategic choice, risk & uncertainty, scenario planning and complexity theory, with a broad social science perspective on the disciplinary roots of decision theory in economics, politics, and social theory.

This is a landmark reference volume for the field, offering scholars and practitioners:

• Comprehensive, but accessible, coverage of classic and recent developments
• Chapters by established international experts
• Case analyses illustrating practical consequences of theories
• Guide to new research directions and theory