The Decision Making Course Bookshelf (MDM)

The list author says:
	"Required in my course: The concepts in this book are SO important to decision makers, especially in business. A great read, even if you're not a baseball fan. I keep telling my students, this book is not really about baseball, it is about smart, counterintuitive decision making. This book was "hot" on Wall Street when it came out. Also great on audio CD."

The list author says:
	"Required in my course: Ever been duped by a car salesman?  This book explains why.  It is a wonderfully fun and educational read. MANY students say it's the best book they read during their entire MBA. 10 out of 10! Easily!"

The list author says:
	"Required in my course: This is an excellent analysis of judgment under uncertainty by doctors. Extremely readable with good storytelling. The audio CD version is also very good."

The list author says:
	"One of my favorites, by the chair of the psychology department at Harvard, a cognitive psych book about our memory processes. A great non-technical intro to how and why we remember and forget. Excellent for cocktail party chatter for the forty-something crowd."

The list author says:
	"This is a very wise and well written book on the subject of cognitive dissonance. I put it up there with Stumbling on Happiness as VERY important additions to the Decision Making Course repetoire."

The list author says:
	"Required in my course: A classic case study of group decision making mishaps and a great story too! I have my students read it with a view for how groups often fail to coordinate and plan for "a rainy day" and the consequences thereof."

The list author says:
	"This excellent book applies many of the principles we know about flawed judgment and biased decision making to medical choices. The stories are great and memorable. The audio book is great."

The list author says:
	"Terrific principles of how top leaders "forget" important things that they should know but don't always remember."

The list author says:
	"A GREAT new book, cleverly written, about the really important decisions in life. Expect it to be a best-seller very soon!"

The list author says:
	"This book is EXTREMELY insightful. It is the best psych book of 2006. Note: this is NOT a self-help book, it is an excellent descriptive and investigative synthesis of what psychologists know about what we prospectively "think" will make us happy. The audio CD, read by the author, is outrageously good."

The list author says:
	"This is a powerful book with gripping stories on the theme: decisions under extreme stress and time constraints. Competitive sports-people, teenagers, soldiers, pilots will love it. The audio CD version is also excellent."

The list author says:
	"There is probably no better introduction to the ideas of Behavioral Decision Theory (BDT) than this little gem. Suitable for ANY undergrad or graduate level course in Decision Making."

The list author says:
	"Humans often believe things for which their basis is shaky or nonexistent.  This is an excellent expose which will create amusing cognitive dissonance with readers."

The list author says:
	"Intuition is our gut feel. This book shows how it is influenced and can be educated. Excellent!"

The list author says:
	"This is a new "fresh" book on biases researchers observe in decision making."

The list author says:
	"Recommended in my course: This is an excellent new book on decision process, the "how to" approach, but very thoughtful. Excellent bibliography."

The list author says:
	"Optimism pervades human judgment. This book makes a very convincing point that, for many reasons, we are poorly conditioned to think about worst case scenarios. When we do, we are often too optimistic (Iraq, maybe?).  Well written and tight to its subject."

The list author says:
	"Its title belies its depth. It is an excellent but dense book.  Not exactly a "Primer"  except for graduate students, but very well reasoned thinking from one of the best OB professors ever."

The list author says:
	"A good MBA level book on decision analysis, thinking of decisions from beginning to end, using a flow-chart approach."

The list author says:
	"A new and great addition on creativity and brainstorming; soft but solid economics"

The list author says:
	"I shouldn't like this book but I do, it has a "how to" flavor, but has good examples and insights."

The list author says:
	"An excellent, slightly academic, expose of how and why we humans arent so rational. Well written."

The list author says:
	"The best book available summarizing in the academic research on psychology in finance.  MBA level."

The list author says:
	"This is a collection of insightful academic papers  by a key thinker in behavioral economics and finance that adds a psychology-of-decision-making twist to tradtional economics. For economists."

The list author says:
	"Written at a slightly higher level than the Plous (above) or Bazerman (below) books, it is nonetheless a quality offering on mistakes in reasoning and judgment."

The list author says:
	"This excellent little text is similar (and a competitor) to Plous above, but spends a little more time on negotiation, less on psychology and social psychology."

The list author says:
	"The older edition: This excellent little text is similar (and a competitor) to Plous above, but spends a little more time on negotiation, less on psychology and social psychology."

The list author says:
	""How to make better decisions" in an easily accessible primer. It is dominated by its authors' newer book above, but is still good."

The list author says:
	"This book is a classic; it is a collected set of  academic articles that changed how the world looks at decision making. They are readable and will never be out of date."

The list author says:
	"This is a follow-on set of newer academic articles (after Judgment Under Uncertainty above) that defines the last decade's contributions."

The list author says:
	"The 3rd book in the series, these are EXCELLENT academic articles on the psycholgy of decisions.  Any PhD in this area should start their library with all 3."