Strategic Instincts

Author : Dominic D. P. Johnson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691210608
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Instincts written by Dominic D. P. Johnson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A very timely book."—Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America How cognitive biases can guide good decision making in politics and international relations A widespread assumption in political science and international relations is that cognitive biases—quirks of the brain we all share as human beings—are detrimental and responsible for policy failures, disasters, and wars. In Strategic Instincts, Dominic Johnson challenges this assumption, explaining that these nonrational behaviors can actually support favorable results in international politics and contribute to political and strategic success. By studying past examples, he considers the ways that cognitive biases act as “strategic instincts,” lending a competitive edge in policy decisions, especially under conditions of unpredictability and imperfect information. Drawing from evolutionary theory and behavioral sciences, Johnson looks at three influential cognitive biases—overconfidence, the fundamental attribution error, and in-group/out-group bias. He then examines the advantageous as well as the detrimental effects of these biases through historical case studies of the American Revolution, the Munich Crisis, and the Pacific campaign in World War II. He acknowledges the dark side of biases—when confidence becomes hubris, when attribution errors become paranoia, and when group bias becomes prejudice. Ultimately, Johnson makes a case for a more nuanced understanding of the causes and consequences of cognitive biases and argues that in the complex world of international relations, strategic instincts can, in the right context, guide better performance. Strategic Instincts shows how an evolutionary perspective can offer the crucial next step in bringing psychological insights to bear on foundational questions in international politics.

Author : Ian I. Mitroff
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804759960
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirty Rotten Strategies written by Ian I. Mitroff and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how and why organizations and special interest groups of all kinds attempt to solve the wrong problems with intricate solutions.

Author : John Lewis Gaddis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199883998
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategies of Containment written by John Lewis Gaddis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-23 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, Gaddis provides a thorough critical analysis of George F. Kennan's original strategy of containment, NSC-68, The Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look," the Kennedy-Johnson "flexible response" strategy, the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of detente, and now a comprehensive assessment of how Reagan - and Gorbechev - completed the process of containment, thereby bringing the Cold War to an end. He concludes, provocatively, that Reagan more effectively than any other Cold War president drew upon the strengths of both approaches while avoiding their weaknesses. A must-read for anyone interested in Cold War history, grand strategy, and the origins of the post-Cold War world.

Author : Bob Caporale
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071850120
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Strategy Generation: Using Passion and Creativity to Compose Business Strategies That Inspire Action and Growth written by Bob Caporale and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique, inspiring guide to building business strategy from the president of Sequent Learning Network A key element of a successful business strategy is originality, which can only be fueled by creativity and intuition. Many business leaders are taught to develop strategies by analyzing case study after case study of other companies’ already implemented strategies, and using those studies as a framework for developing their own strategic plans. However, in order to develop truly great strategies, business leaders must learn to tap into their own creative process and develop actionable strategies based on their intuition and instincts. Creative Strategy Generation is a step-by-step guide to creating truly original and successful business strategies by tapping into one’s own creative potential. Modeled on Sequent Learning Network’s popular strategy building consultation program, the book uses compelling stories and examples drawn from music composition to show you how to produce your own “strategic masterpieces.”

Author : George B. Moseley III
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 1284081109
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Health Care Business Strategy written by George B. Moseley III and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Health Care Business Strategy is the definitive textbook on strategic planning and management for healthcare organizations. It offers all the basic information on strategic planning and management within the unique context of organizations concerned with the delivery and financing of health care. It does this by noting the singular strategic environment in health care, explaining the special procedures and options available to health care organizations, and providing real-life examples in the form of case studies. It includes not only a description of the basic multi-step process of creating and then managing a strategic plan, but also a detailed look at the role played by the key business functions (finance, marketing, human resources, information technology, and law) as well as specific strategic options (merger/acquisition, reorganization, joint venture) and some of the popular tools for analyzing strategic situations (balanced scorecard, Six Sigma, SWOT).

Author : George B. Moseley
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 0763734160
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Health Care Business Strategy written by George B. Moseley and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive textbook on strategic planning and management in health care organizations for those pursuing a career in health care in undergraduate, business, and medical schools, and ancillary health professions such as nursing or physician assistant, as well as for established health care professionals, including doctors, who are completing programs and degrees in business administration to prepare themselves for greater involvement in the management of health care delivery. This book features all the basic information on strategic planning and management within the unique context of organizations concerned with the delivery and financing of health care. It notes the singular strategic environment in health care, explaining the special procedures and options available to health care organizations, and providing real-life examples in the form of case studies.

Author : William Duggan
Publisher : Nation Books
ISBN 13 : 9781560256021
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Glance written by William Duggan and published by Nation Books. This book was released on 2004-03-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Napoleon's Glance was first published last spring, former NATO secretary general and now putative presidential candidate Wesley Clark declared, "This is a very important book." In Napoleon's Glance strategist William Duggan shows how Clark, along with ten other important figures in the fields of politics, war and culture, owed their success to coup d'oeil. But what is coup d'oeil? Carl von Clausewitz spent twenty years struggling to pin down the genius of Napoleon. In chapter six of what would become "On War" he discovered the secret of Napoleon's strategy: Napoleon's glance. Clausewitz calls it "coup d'oeil" meaning a stroke of the eye, or "glance." A sudden insight that shows you what course of action to take, it comes from knowledge of the past, drawing on what worked in other situations in a new combination that fits the problem at hand. In Napoleon's Glance, Duggan expertly weaves intellectual history and biography in showing how important and decisive coup d'oeil is in determining victory in war, art, the civil rights movement, third world development, and the battle for women's suffrage in America.

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428916326
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book _Coup d'Oeil_: Strategic Intuition in Army Planning written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monongraph reviews the U.S. Army's standard methods for problem solving and decisionmaking to see how they might take more account of a commander's intuition at every step. The ideas offered here go beyond the Army's current view of intuition in its latest version of Field Manual (FM) 5-0, Army Planning and Orders Production, issued January 2005. That version presents "analytical" and "intuitive" as two different types of decisionmaking, for two different situations: The analytical approach to decisionmaking serves well when time is available to analyze all facets affecting the problem and its solution. However, analytical decisionmaking consumes time and does not work well in all situations - especially during execution, when circumstances often require immediate decisions. * Intuitive decisionmaking is especially appropriate in time-constrained conditions. It significantly speeds up decisionmaking. Intuitive decisionmaking, however, does not work well when the situation includes inexperienced leaders, complex or unfamiliar situations, or competing courses of action (COAs).

Author : Cherian George
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262035308
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hate Spin written by Cherian George and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How right-wing political entrepreneurs around the world use religious offense—both given and taken—to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. In the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a climate of rising intolerance. In India, Narendra Modi's radical supporters instigate communal riots and academic censorship in pursuit of their Hindu nationalist vision. Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in Hate Spin, Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Right-wing networks orchestrate the giving of offense and the taking of offense as instruments of identity politics, exploiting democratic space to promote agendas that undermine democratic values. George calls this strategy “hate spin”—a double-sided technique that combines hate speech (incitement through vilification) with manufactured offense-taking (the performing of righteous indignation). It is deployed in societies as diverse as Buddhist Myanmar and Orthodox Christian Russia. George looks at the world's three largest democracies, where intolerant groups within India's Hindu right, America's Christian right, and Indonesia's Muslim right are all accomplished users of hate spin. He also shows how the Internet and Google have opened up new opportunities for cross-border hate spin. George argues that governments must protect vulnerable communities by prohibiting calls to action that lead directly to discrimination and violence. But laws that try to protect believers' feelings against all provocative expression invariably backfire. They arm hate spin agents' offense-taking campaigns with legal ammunition. Anti-discrimination laws and a commitment to religious equality will protect communities more meaningfully than misguided attempts to insulate them from insult.

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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9781422372920
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 149, no. 2, 2005) written by and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: