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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA); Revised edition (1 Jul 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812928083
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812928082
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A nice reference book...a cookbook for decision making, 28 Aug 1999
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This book is a nice reference that captures the majority of problem solving techniques: a cookbook for decision making. The analytical techniques range from problem restatement to constructing an advanced utility matrix. It's useful in both daily life, business, and science.

Thinker's Toolkit also contains very useful examples and exercises. They immediately demonstrate to the reader where common decision making falls short.

On the down side, the book is a 'dry' read at times.

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I think the book is invaluable for decision makers., 23 Aug 1998
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The early part of this book explores the way people think and discusses the types of thinking errors made by decision makers and others. This discussion is excellent background for understanding your own thinking errors and provides a firm rationale for the fourteen techniques that follow (and make up the bulk of this book). I am a university professor and regularily recommend this book to my students.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for analytic tools and many exercises, 14 Sep 2007
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I marked this down as it breezes over creative tools, which to be fair isn't the main thrust of the book. It takes its time covering various forms of tree and matrix, and builds a whole set of these to get to the 14 tools mentioned on the cover.

Devil's advocacy is skimmed but the coverage of Hypothesis Testing is excellent. I also like the focus on definition.

The book was clearly put together for a US market and I found that many examples didn't work at all (political or US history not widely known outside of the US). I suspect the author didn't consider international publication.

Overall a good addition to the library and I will be re-visiting
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3.0 out of 5 stars Thinking
Not an easy read, but one that provokes many thoughts and raises questions.

The book tries to be a "cook book" for all situations. Has some quite useful examples.
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It was not what I expected, It did not explain the facts adequately and was confusing. I am a senior manager and this book should be exactly my field, but I was very... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Practical Tools for Tough Decisions
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I started applying some of the techniques within this book before I hit the back cover. It provides an excellent way to look at problems from a different angle which facilitates... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A definitive collection of analytical techniques
Whilst the title of this book is `Techniques for Problem Solving' it is more a mixture of problem solving and analytical techniques. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tool.
A book to keep at your desk to use when your brain shuts down and you think there is no hope.
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