Super-optimum solutions and win-win policy : basic concepts and principles

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Super-optimum solutions and win-win policy : basic concepts and principles

Stuart S. Nagel

Quorum Books, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-233) and index

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Is there a way for people on both sides of a dispute to come out ahead? Yes, says Stuart Nagel, and he calls his method super-optimizing decision making. Instead of expecting both sides to come out ahead of their worst initial expectations, Nagel's super-optimum solutions approach (SOS) allows both to come out ahead of their best initial expectations, and to do so simultaneously. Nagel offers readers in all fields of the public sector, with diverse interests and experiences, a clear, well-illustrated introduction to the basic concepts and principles of super-optimized decision making. Emphasizing rule-making and broader policy controversies rather than individual cases of adjudication, and with less reliance on mathematics and statistics than other books on decision-making techniques, Nagel's approach is basically commonsensical and easily grasped. Decision makers in the public sector will find the book fascinating and of special importance in their daily activities. Private-sector executives will find that its approaches can indeed be adapted to their own special concerns.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Win-Win Policy Basic Ideas Concepts and Principles Graphing the Concepts Fields of Public Policy Basic Components of Win-Win Policy Conservative and Liberal Goals Relations Between Goals and Policy Alternatives Relations Among Goals or Policies Developing and Implementing Win-Win Ideas Win-Win Societal Facilitators Win-Win Creativity and Generators Win-Win Methods Win-Win Feasibility Broad Applications of Win-Win Analysis Constitutional Law Impact Assessment Public Administration The Republican Contract and the Democratic Covenant The Ten Commandments and Win-Win Analysis Lose-Lose and Win-Win Policies Case Studies of Win-Win Analysis The Oklahoma Bombing: Criminal Wrongdoing A Union-Management Dispute The Inventory Problem: Business Policy A Product Liability Case: Civil Damages Jury Procedures: Constitutional Policy Right to Counsel: Legislative Policy Generalized Win-Win Policy Analysis Public Policy Legal Policy Overall Policy Going Further: A Bibliography Index

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