decision-making

This book discusses controversial issues on health topics of current concern, such as AIDS, abortion, environmental health, and drug use and abuse.

Examines eight crucial business decisions of the twentieth century.

Hallie must decide whether she wants to live in Venice, California with her mother and stepfather or in a small town in Oregon with her father and stepmother.

Reexamines the decision made by NASA managers to proceed with the "Challenger" space shuttle launch in spite of evidence that something was wrong, and offers a sociological explanation for their actions.

Reexamines the disastrous decision made by NASA managers to proceed with the Challenger space shuttle launch in spite of evidence that something was wrong, contradicting conventional interpretations of production pressures and managerial wrong-doing, and offering a sociological explanation.

Discusses how to make good choices about the direction of your life, covering such elements of choice as attitude, identity, and goals.

Defines the mastery of risk as the boundary that delineates modern times from the past, telling the story of a group of thinkers whose vision brought humanity to an understanding of how to use numbers to scrutinize what happened in the past as a means of predicting the future.

Discusses how President Abraham Lincoln made decisions about the conduct of the Civil War, ending slavery, relations with England, and more.