This book takes the form of a practical guide to good decision making. The authors show how the decision-making process is rife with traps that often take decision-makers unaware. To avoid these traps, a systematic approach to decision-making is recommended:

• carefully define the problem;
• specify objectives;
• lay out all possible options;
• understand their potential impact;
• adopt a rigorous approach to establishing priorities.

The formal, somewhat pedantic style of the book can be a turn-off, but it focuses on several basic principles that are all too often ignored.

Main subject [Decision-Making]