{"product_id":"senior-leader-decision-making-school-of-advanced-military-studies-9781479371228","title":"Senior Leader Decision Making: Lessons Gleaned From Field Marshal Viscount Sir William Slim and Bill Gates","description":"Just as many football players have failed to become great coaches, so too have many governmental leaders, leaders of industry and military officers failed to succeed when placed at higher levels of responsibility. Understanding how to solve problems at increasingly higher levels of dynamic complexity is certainly important to the success of the military at large. Being able to discern a complex situation, sizing up what is happening and what is critical to the situation, knowing ta glance what is occurring and why, confidently understanding what is important (and what is not), and then making a successful decision to respond are critical aspects of senior leader decision making. Resources at this level are rarely sufficient to overwhelm the opposition everywhere continuously. Divining a \"path of success\" that maximizes leverage over the competition as least cost is imperative for long-term operations. One way to explore this vital issue is to examine the thoughts and decisions of those who have been thrust into complex decision making situations and were eminently successful, time and again. Sir William Slim faced almost insurmountable complexity in dealing with the Japanese in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. Yet, he managed to figure out a way to success in spite of the complexity he faced, soundly defeating the Japanese and driving them completely from the country. Bill Gates has faced complexity of an entirely different sort in his unparalleled rise to success in the computer software industry. He has managed, in spite of the complexity, to uncannily make decisions that have propelled him to the top of his profession. This monograph examines the research questions, \"Do the decision making methods used by Sir William Slim and Bill Gates correspond to the theories espoused by Gary Klein with respect to patterns and anomalies, singular evaluation, and leverage points?\" The author determines that both individuals use pattern and anomalies to an extent, that they do not use singular evaluation (preferring to generate and choose from among multiple options instead), and that they overwhelmingly make ingenious use of leverage points.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e School Of Advanced Military Studies, Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Keith Vore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147937122X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479371228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.14d","brand":"School Of Advanced Military Studies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935631343871,"sku":"9781479371228","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e50aecb1-093b-46d0-a498-38097c82edb5.jpg?v=1681420932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/senior-leader-decision-making-school-of-advanced-military-studies-9781479371228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}