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Reference no. 7961BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 27 pages
Topics: Decision making; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving; Risk; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty
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Abstract

Situations will arise in which you won't know what the consequences will be until after deciding. This chapter looks at one of the keys to effective decision making: confronting uncertainty, judging the likelihood of different outcomes and assessing their possible impacts. This chapter is excerpted from ‘Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions'.
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7945BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 16 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving; Risk; Uncertainty
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Book chapter
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Reference no. 7951BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving; Uncertainty
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7953BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7955BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 20 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7957BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7959BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 28 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving; Risk; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7963BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 30 pages
Topics: Decision making; Goal setting; Probability; Risk; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7965BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 27 pages
Topics: Decision rights; Decision trees; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty
View full details
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Reference no. 7967BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 30 pages
Topics: Decision making; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7969BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 20 pages
Topics: Decision making; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving
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Situations will arise in which you won't know what the consequences will be until after deciding. This chapter looks at one of the keys to effective decision making: confronting uncertainty, judging the likelihood of different outcomes and assessing their possible impacts. This chapter is excerpted from ‘Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions'.

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Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 16 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving; Risk; Uncertainty
View full details
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Reference no. 7951BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving; Uncertainty
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 7953BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 7955BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 20 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 7957BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 7959BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 28 pages
Topics: Decision making; Decision trees; Goal setting; Problem solving; Risk; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7963BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 30 pages
Topics: Decision making; Goal setting; Probability; Risk; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7965BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 27 pages
Topics: Decision rights; Decision trees; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving; Tradeoff analysis; Uncertainty
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 7967BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 30 pages
Topics: Decision making; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 7969BC
Authors: John S Hammond III (Harvard Business School); Ralph L Keeney (Harvard Business School); Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide for Making Better Decisions"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2007
Length: 20 pages
Topics: Decision making; Goal setting; Probability; Problem solving
View full details