| Description |
xxi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Jossey-Bass management series |
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Jossey-Bass management series.
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| Contents |
1. The New Realities: Walking the Management Highwire -- 2. Excellence and Innovation: The Rewards of Risk Taking -- 3. Assess Your Boundaries, Traits, and Assumptions -- 4. Reframe Your Perceptions: Avoiding the Distortion Factors -- 5. Improve Your Decision Making: Taking the Right Risk at the Right Time -- 6. Confront Your Emotions: Handling the Roller Coaster Rides -- 7. Reduce the Dangers: Risk Taking Is Not Risk Free -- 8. Survive the Failures: Dealing with the Downside of Risk -- 9. Nurture Your Skills: Learning by Taking Action -- 10. Foster Risk Taking in Others |
| Summary |
Drawing on numerous examples of working managers in organizations such as Aetna, MCI, and NASA, Calvert explains and illustrates how to manage the risk-taking process from start to finish, while giving careful consideration to the pros and cons of each risk. He offers specific, practical tactics and provides easy-to-use instruments that will help managers set priorities and develop risk-taking strategies and skills |
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High-risk decisions are inevitable - whether by choice or by default. The play-it-safe management strategies of the post are no longer adequate to deal with the critical challenges today's managers face. In a world turned upside down by uncertainty, pragmatic risk taking has become a positive, productive strategy - and a necessity for survival. Highwire Management shows managers how to embrace the opportunities of risk taking by changing their perceptions of risk and its consequences. Like walking a tightrope, says author Gene Calvert, crossing the management risk highwire is a learnable skill. You must learn the length and condition of the wire; you must develop a sense of balance and centering and maintain a reliable safety net. In Highwire Management, Calvert reveals how to become on expert in every aspect of a risk before taking it |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index |
| Subject |
Decision making.
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Risk management -- United States -- Case studies.
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Risk management.
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| LC no. |
93005385 |
| ISBN |
1555425534 |
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