The Thinker’s Toolkit: Fourteen Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving

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Jones, Morgan D.

The thinker’s toolkit: fourteen powerful techniques for problem solving/by Morgan D. Jones.

1. Decision-making—Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title.

HD50.23.J66 1995 153.4′5—dc20 95-19164

eISBN: 978-0-307-56059-9

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