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- catalog abstract "High-risk decisions are inevitable - whether by choice or by default. The play-it-safe management strategies of the post are no longer adequate to deal with the critical challenges today's managers face. In a world turned upside down by uncertainty, pragmatic risk taking has become a positive, productive strategy - and a necessity for survival. Highwire Management shows managers how to embrace the opportunities of risk taking by changing their perceptions of risk and its consequences. Like walking a tightrope, says author Gene Calvert, crossing the management risk highwire is a learnable skill. You must learn the length and condition of the wire; you must develop a sense of balance and centering and maintain a reliable safety net. In Highwire Management, Calvert reveals how to become on expert in every aspect of a risk before taking it. Drawing on numerous examples of working managers in organizations such as Aetna, MCI, and NASA, Calvert explains and illustrates how to manage the risk-taking process from start to finish, while giving careful consideration to the pros and cons of each risk. He offers specific, practical tactics and provides easy-to-use instruments that will help managers set priorities and develop risk-taking strategies and skills.".
- catalog alternative "High wire management.".
- catalog contributor b5518150.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "High-risk decisions are inevitable - whether by choice or by default. The play-it-safe management strategies of the post are no longer adequate to deal with the critical challenges today's managers face. In a world turned upside down by uncertainty, pragmatic risk taking has become a positive, productive strategy - and a necessity for survival. Highwire Management shows managers how to embrace the opportunities of risk taking by changing their perceptions of risk and its consequences. Like walking a tightrope, says author Gene Calvert, crossing the management risk highwire is a learnable skill. You must learn the length and condition of the wire; you must develop a sense of balance and centering and maintain a reliable safety net. In Highwire Management, Calvert reveals how to become on expert in every aspect of a risk before taking it. Drawing on numerous examples of working managers in organizations such as Aetna, MCI, and NASA, Calvert explains and illustrates how to manage the risk-taking process from start to finish, while giving careful consideration to the pros and cons of each risk. He offers specific, practical tactics and provides easy-to-use instruments that will help managers set priorities and develop risk-taking strategies and skills.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index.".
- catalog description "Part one: The value of risk taking -- The new realities: Walking the management highwire -- Excellence and innovation: The rewards of risk taking -- Part two: Building strong risk-taking skills -- Assess your boundaries, traits, and assumptions -- Reframe your perceptions: Avoiding the distortion factors -- Improve your decision making: Taking the right risk at the right time -- Confront your emotions: Handling the roller coaster rides -- Reduce the dangers: Risk taking is not risk free -- Survive the failures: Dealing with the downside of risk -- Part three: Keeping risk alive: Encouraging effective risk taking in yourself and others -- Nurture your skills: Learning by taking action -- Foster risk taking in others -- Appendix: Research notes.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 225 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1555425534 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Jossey-Bass management series".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "658.4 20".
- catalog subject "Decision making.".
- catalog subject "HD61 .C35 1993".
- catalog subject "Risk management United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Risk management.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part one: The value of risk taking -- The new realities: Walking the management highwire -- Excellence and innovation: The rewards of risk taking -- Part two: Building strong risk-taking skills -- Assess your boundaries, traits, and assumptions -- Reframe your perceptions: Avoiding the distortion factors -- Improve your decision making: Taking the right risk at the right time -- Confront your emotions: Handling the roller coaster rides -- Reduce the dangers: Risk taking is not risk free -- Survive the failures: Dealing with the downside of risk -- Part three: Keeping risk alive: Encouraging effective risk taking in yourself and others -- Nurture your skills: Learning by taking action -- Foster risk taking in others -- Appendix: Research notes.".
- catalog title "High wire management.".
- catalog title "Highwire management : risk-taking tactics for leaders, innovators, and trailblazers / Gene Calvert.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".