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Intelligent Decision-Making

August 1, 2018 | MIT Sloan Management Review | Strategy

Being able to make decisions with the right balance of speed and information is often what separates successful managers from unsuccessful managers. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review looks at the decision-making process and the need for good judgement and decisiveness in a variety of circumstances, including times of crisis, situations in which people are facing information overload, and instances when trust has been eroded.

Articles included with this collection:

The New Rules for Crisis Management by Mark Lee Hunter, Luk N. Van Wassenhove, and Maria Besiou

Why You Decide the Way You Do by Bruce Posner

Staying in the Know by Davide Nicolini, Maja Korica and Keith Ruddle

Designing Trustworthy Organizations by Robert F. Hurley, Nicole Gillespie, Donald L. Ferrin and Graham Dietz

How to Lead During a Crisis Lessons the Rescue of the Chilean Miners by Michael Useem, Rodrigo Jordán and Matko Koljatic

Rise of the Strategy Machines by Thomas H. Davenport

How Scenario Planning Influences Strategic Decisions by Shardul Phadnis, Chris Caplice, and Yossi Sheffi

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