Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions Friday, July 31 2009.

• "Most studies of decision-making treat humans like rats in a laboratory. But Dr. Klein, a cognitive psychologist, spent a decade watching fire commanders, fighter pilots, paramedics, and others making split-second decisions on the job, and this book is a clear and engaging account of his findings." -- Thomas Petzinger, Jr., Wall Street Journal Anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victims. How do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? Most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilled. Gary Klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision-making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced. Since 1985 Klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situations. Sources of Power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditions. In addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult tasks.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions Monday, July 27 2009.

• Added a contributor: Gary A. Klein: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions Thursday, July 16 2009.

• During the past twenty-five years, the field of decision making has concentrated on showing the limitations of decision makers-that is, that they are not very rational or competent.