This guide outlines nine steps to effective decision-making and illustrates their applications to real-world situations. Chapters focus on: idealized scenarios; strategies, rules of thumb, and principles of choice; money and chance; judgment and perception; ethics; and gender. Emphasizing the importance of self-knowledge, the book offers advice on assessing one's strengths and weaknesses in the course of making informed decisions. Welch teaches political science at the University of Toronto. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)