Games, Strategies, and Managers: How Managers Can Use Game Theory to Make Better Business Decisions

by John McMillan

Book Overview

"Business is a game--the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it," said IBM's founder Thomas J. Watson. He would probably agree that business negotiations are essentially the game of predicting what the other person will do. Faced with employees, subcontractors, salespeople and others, managers are continually called upon to make strategic decisions based on how someone else will act and react. How do the successful ones do it? Is it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195108035
• ISBN13: 9780195108033
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

The perfect non-technical and engaging intro to game theory

I have greatly enjoyed both of John McMillan's books that I have read. This book was very concise, explained the subject in an engaging manner, was technical enough to get a feel for pure game theory as taught in an economics class, and was just an enjoyable read. I don't know how useful it would be to an actual manager (I'm not one.) but for me it provided the perfect introduction to game theory.