Bending the Law of Unintended Consequences: A Test-Drive Method for Critical Decision-Making in Organizations

by Richard M. Adler

This title provides managers, executives and other professionals with an innovative method for critical decision-making. The book explains the reasons for decision failures using the Law of Unintended Consequences. This account draws on the work of sociologist Robert K. Merton, psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, and economist Herbert Simon to identify two primary causes⁠ cognitive biases and bounded rationality. It introduces an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030327132
• ISBN13: 9783030327132
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"