Managerial Decision Making: A Holistic Approach

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This book develops a general theory of managerial decision making on the basis of a few elementary postulates. It employs logic as the method of reasoning, systems science in general and the systemic YoYo Model in particular, as the intuitive playground. By doing so, the authors take individually background-based guesswork out of processes of decision making. All established conclusions are expected to be generally employable in real-life applications. At the same time, the book is user friendly to a wide range of audience, coincides with people's intuition, and provides applicable results and insights for practical purposes. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Facing the Challenge Holistically (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 1-22 Front Matter ....Pages 23-23 Basics of Systems Science (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 25-40 The Dynamics of Market Competition (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 41-63 Market Entry and Market Partition (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 65-82 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 What Is Happening? (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 85-102 Successfully Ride Waves of Transient Competitive Advantages (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 103-130 Front Matter ....Pages 131-131 Effects of Strategies (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 133-153 Impacts of Culture, Structure, and Leadership (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 155-179 Front Matter ....Pages 181-181 The Procedure that Is Supported by Solid Theories (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 183-208 Front Matter ....Pages 209-209 International Trade and Firm Performance (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 211-232 Trade Dumping and Antidumping (Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu)....Pages 233-251 Back Matter ....Pages 253-302