{"product_id":"decision-architecture-oliver-ernster-9798252664552","title":"Decision Architecture: How Technical Organisations Fail and Recover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is part of the Decision Architecture series, which explores how decision making, authority, and structure interact to determine how systems behave over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost organisations do not fail because of people.\u003cbr\u003eThey fail because of how decisions are structured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces a structural model for decision making systems in technical organisations, and how they fail and recover. It focuses on authority, decision flow, and the conditions that determine whether systems scale or collapse under their own weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than treating leadership as motivation, process, or performance metrics, it reframes it as a design problem. Decisions are the unit of execution. Authority defines who can make them. Structure determines how they propagate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough practical examples and systemic analysis, the book explores: \u003c\/p\u003eWhy decision latency destroys delivery How unclear authority creates organisational deadlocks The difference between visible process and actual execution Why KPI-driven management often hides structural failure How to design systems that remain stable under growth\u003cp\u003eThis is not a management book.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about systems and decision making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is written for: \u003c\/p\u003eengineers and technical leaders system architects and CTOs anyone responsible for complex systems, software architecture, or organisational decision making\u003cp\u003eDecision Architecture Series: \u003cbr\u003eBook 1) Decision Architecture\u003cbr\u003eBook 2) Decision Architecture Patterns\u003cbr\u003eBook 3) Decision Architecture: The Move Space\u003cbr\u003eBook 4) Relativistic Decision Architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Ernster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798252664552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Oliver Ernster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172386840831,"sku":"9798252664552","price":12.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/decision-architecture-oliver-ernster-9798252664552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}