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…every people-decision is a gamble.
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1940 |
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Effective executives do not make a great many decisions. They concentrate on the important ones.
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2277 |
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A decision, to be effective, needs to satisfy the boundary conditions. It needs to be adequate to its purpose.
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2541 |
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To go and look for oneself is also the best, if not the only, way to test whether the assumptions on which a decision had been made are still valid or whether they are becoming obsolete and need to be thought through again.
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2733 |
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The effective decision-maker assumes that the traditional measurement is not the right measurement.
|
2779 |
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The traditional measurement reflects yesterday’s decision.
|
2781 |
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Decisions of the kind the executive has to make are not made well by acclamation.
|
2823 |
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The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.
|
2825 |
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The effective decision-maker… organizes disagreement.
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2906 |
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…the effective decision-maker either acts or he doesn’t act. He does not take half-action.
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2970 |
