12/14/1999
In the business world, says Altier, not a week goes by without a major business story about a company that has fallen on hard times or an executive that has "resigned for personal reasons." The roots of these failures, he says, are usually ineffective thinking and poor decision-making. Drawing on real-world experience, he presents a primer on successful thinking processes and their application for CEOs, middle managers and anyone faced with solving problems and making decisions. After setting the scene in section one, Altier offers a basic analytical toolbox, focused on five in-depth thinking processes and, in the third and last section, an advanced toolbox, exploring more specialized applications for creative problem solving.