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Deborah C. Sawyer (Author)

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Book Description

1574442287 978-1574442281 November 17, 1998 1
In the rush to make decisions, many business professionals overlook an invaluable resource... one that could mean the difference between overwhelming success and outrageous failure.
Readily available information is becoming the key factor behind better decision-making-especially as businesses prepare for the 21st century.
Getting it Right: Avoiding the High Cost of Wrong Decisions is the first book to link information and decision making as a single powerful tool. Drawn from Deborah C. Sawyer's 20+ years of research to support business decisions, she now invites readers to consider and learn decision-making strategies once known only to a few professionals.
Going behind the scenes, Sawyer leads you through a review of recent and past business decisions. Some were disasters-others were triumphs. In each case, Sawyer can show you where information would have prevented catastrophe-and how it ensured success.
Also noting the many situations that keep recurring in business and industry today, Getting it Right: Avoiding the High Cost of Wrong Decisions emphasizes that today's actions are tomorrow's consequences. Sawyer explains how information currently being ignored or excluded from decision-making will have a negative impact over the next 10 to 25 years.
Fortunately, Sawyer knows when a simple infusion of the right information can save companies a bundle. Let her experiences and observations empower you to build the same abilities-and make better decisions for now and the future!

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...This is a book to get to your decision-makers, and particularly to some of those non-decision makers!-John McGonagle, SCIP member

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(Details on how to find my website or read my blog are included in this bio)

I began writing at the age of 5 - before I had really learned how to spell! My first "novel" began with those classic words: "Wunce apone a time..." Since then, I have written countless articles, a few books and various short stories, plays, poems and essays.

Most of my books on Amazon date from my years as President of Information Plus. With offices in both the US and Canada, we worked with an international clientele and I gained a lot of experience, both in providing client services and in running businesses. This information - wisdom, I hope - has been distilled into the pages of my books, so others who wish to read them can benefit. As that old saying goes: Learn from other people's mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all yourself!

In total, I have written over 8 books but it is very difficult to get these listed on Amazon. I will keep trying to update my Amazon bibliography but, in the meantime, if you are searching for one of my titles, please go to deborahcsawyer.com/dcs_005.htm

Nowadays, my business writing is confined to occasional articles - such as in Quirk's Magazine or on EzineArticles.com - about the business of running a service firm. There are some fundamental differences between running a business making, distributing or selling solid objects (products) and one where your inventory is your time with the value-add of expertise. My writings, notably on Ezines, address some of the pitfalls in the time-based firm and how to steer around them so you can - hopefully! - make money. And, I may even come out with another book before too long...

In the meantime, you can follow me on the blog I'm writing for my latest book which is otherpeoplesproblems-atworkatwork.blogspot.com

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How many times have you said "If only I'd known that, I'd never have"... bought that house/leased that car/taken that vacation/married that person... or a score of other past mistakes? Read the first page
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