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Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? How can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently? This updated edition of the international bestseller distills into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models used on MBA courses, and elsewhere, that will help you tackle these important questions, from the well known (the Eisenhower matrix for time management) to the less familiar but equally useful (the Swiss Cheese model). It will even show you how to remember everything you'll have learned by the end of it. Stylish and compact, this little book is a powerful asset. Whether you need to plot a presentation, assess someone's business idea or get to know yourself better, this unique guide will help you simplify any problem and take steps towards the right decision.… (more)
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It doesn't help that the (Amazon) ebook is formatted minimally and has low-res images
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For "The Monte Carlo simulation: Why we can only approximate a definitive outcome ...
Why is the Monte Carlo model important? Because it reminds us that models do not represent reality, but are simply an approximation of reality." This might be the only meaningful statement in this book. Extra star for it.
The authors pepper this book with quotes, but didn't do their research. Some are correctly attributed, and then there is "Everything should be made as simple as possible. But no simpler." Albert Einstein
It's possible, but there is no direct evidence in any of his writings. And "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." Theodore Roosevelt. There is no known source for the attribution.