Strategic Decision Making provides an effective, formal methodology that provides help with decision making problems, especially strategic ones with high stakes involving human perceptions and judgements. Focusing on applying the AHP to decision-making problems, Strategic Decision Making covers problems in the realms of business, defence and governance. Using case studies drawn from years of experience, the book discusses decision making for real life problems and includes many worked examples and solutions to problems throughout. The reader will gain comprehensive exposure to the extent of assistance that a formal methodology, such as AHP, can provide to the decision maker in evolving decisions in complex and varied domains.

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Contents Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Strategic Decision-Making and the AHP 1. Strategic Decision-Making 2. The Analytic Hierarchy Process Part II. Strategic Decision-Making in Business 3. Aligning Strategic Initiatives with Enterprise Vision 4. Evaluating Technology Proliferation at Global Level 5. Evaluating Enterprise-wide Wireless Adoption Strategies 6. Software Vendor Evaluation and Package Selection 7. Estimating the Software Application Development Effort at the Proposal Stage Part III. Strategic Decision-Making in Defense and Governance 8. Prioritising National Security Requirements 9. Managing Crisis and Disaster 10. Weapon Systems Acquisition for Defense Forces 11. Evaluating the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) Index of Armed Forces 12. Transition to Nuclear War Index