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Decision Making

Received an Email about Frederick Brooks interview to Fortune
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/print/0,15935,1135298,00.html

What struck me most was his answer/quote from his ex-boss to the question , What advice would you give to one of those young managers?

"The problem is not to make the right decision; it's to make the decision right"

… from an executive-level point of view. As decisions bubble up they are first 80/10 decisions, then 70/30, then 60/40, and then they are 49/51 decisions. At that level the arguments on each side are pretty strong; going either way can be made to work, but it's very important to pick one and then go whole hog

Read the entire article at Fortune.com

Published Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:31 AM by meysun
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