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Leadership moments from NASA : achieving the impossible

Dave Williams, Author ; Elizabeth Howell, Author | [S.l.] : ECW Press | 2021

The NASA way: lessons on leadership, teamwork, and corporate culture. How does NASA take on seemingly insurmountable challenges, recover from tragedy and continue to attract the best and brightest talent? Space exploration is as much a story [...]

Enhancing assessments of space mission assurance

Brien Alkire, Author | Santa Monica, CA : The RAND Corporation | 2020

The U.S. government has taken several steps to account for the increasing likelihood that future conflicts will extend to space, including the establishment in December 2019 of the U.S. Space Force. The potential for future wars to extend to spa[...]

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Economics in two lessons : why markets work so well, and why they can fail so badly /

John Quiggin, Author | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press | 2019

Economics in Two Lessons explains why market prices often fail to reflect the full cost of our choices to society as a whole. For example, every time we drive a car, fly in a plane, or flick a light switch, we contribute to global warming. But, [...]

Mission control management : the principles of high performance and perfect decision-making learned from leading at NASA

Paul Sean Hill, Author | [S.l.] : Nicholas Brealey publishing | 2018

For over 50 years, NASA's Mission Control has been known for two things: perfect decision making in extreme situations and producing generations of steely-eyed missile men and women who continue that tradition. A key to that legacy of brilliant [...]

Engineering, life sciences, and health/medicine synergy in aerospace human systems integration: the Rosetta Stone project

Richard S. Williams, Editor ; Charles R. Doarn, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2017

In the realm of aerospace engineering and the physical sciences, we have developed laws of physics based on empirical and research evidence that reliably guide design, research, and development efforts. For instance, an engineer designs a system[...]

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The new economic diplomacy : decision-making and negotiation in international economic relations /

Nicholas Bayne, Editor ; Stephen Woolcock, Editor | London : Routledge | 2016

The New Economic Diplomacy explains how states conduct their external economic relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically, how they negotiate internationally and how these processes interact. Although the previous editi[...]

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Sprint : how to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days /

Jake Knapp, Author ; John Zeratsky, Author ; Braden Kowitz, Author | New York : Simon and Schuster | 2016

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "Sprint offers a transformative formula for testing ideas that works whether you're at a startup or a large organization. Within five days, you'll move from idea to prototype to decision, [...]

Collaborative intelligence : thinking with people who think differently /

Dawna Markova, Author ; Angie McArthur | Toronto : Random House | 2015

'Collaborative Intelligence' is the culmination of over 35 years of original research and draws upon Dawna Markova's background in neuroscience and her work as a 'thinking partner' to Fortune 500 CEOs and some of the world's top creative talents[...]

The organized mind : thinking straight in the age of information overload /

Daniel J. Levitin, Author | New York : Dutton | 2014

The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more -- and faster -- decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently los[...]

Negotiation : Closing deals, settling disputes, and making team decisions

David S. Hames, Author | [S.l.] : Sage Publications | 2012

David S Hames' text combines in a single volume text material, pertinent readings, comprehensive cases, role-playing exercises, and questionnaires so that students examine the theory and the practice of negotiation from a varied set of learning [...]

Systems evaluation : methods, models, and applications /

Sifeng Liu, Author ; Naiming Xie, Author ; Chaoqing Yuan, Author ; Zhigeng Fang, Author | [S.l.] : Library of Congress | CRS | 2012

A book in the Systems Evaluation, Prediction, and Decision-Making Series, Systems Evaluation: Methods, Models, and Applications covers the evolutionary course of systems evaluation methods, clearly and concisely. Outlining a wide range of metho[...]

The new economic diplomacy : decision-making and negotiation in international economic relations /

Nicholas Bayne, Editor ; Stephen Woolcock, Editor | Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate | Global finance series | 2011

Beyond HR : the new science of human capital

John W. Boudreau ; Peter M. Ramstad | [S.l.] : Harvard Business School Press | 2007

The effective use of market research : how to drive and focus better business decisions

Robin Birn, Author | [S.l.] : Kogan Page | 2004

The Effective Use of Market Research looks at the circumstances in which market research is necessary, and explains what management can expect to gain from research and then analyses the type of business decisions that may be taken as a result. [...]

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Beyond maps : GIS and decision making in local government

John O'Looney | [S.l.] : ESRI Press | 2000

Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk

Peter L. Bernstein | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 1996

Bibliography of global change

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1993

Keeping the dream alive : managing the space station program, 1982 to 1986

Thomas J. Lewin, Author ; V.K. Narayanan, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA CR | 1990

The management is described and analyzed of the formative years of the NASA Space Station Program (1982 to 1986), beginning with the successful initiative for program approval by Administrator James M. Beggs through to the decision to bring prog[...]

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Toward a strategic management and decision technology : modern approaches to organizational planning and positioning

John W. Sutherland | [S.l.] : Kluwer | Theory and decision library. Serie A | 1989