Toma De Decisiones para Líderes

Thomas L. Saaty

Jul 2014 · RWS Publications

About this ebook

New! An e-book is available in Spanish for the first time on decision making with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This is the Spanish translation of the book in English written by Thomas Saaty under the title Decision Making for Leaders. The AHP is the way to make decisions in complex situations that include intangible factors. the basics of the AHP theory are described in a clear, non-technical manner suitable for business leaders and for students, and it has many practical decision-making case studies. It was translated into Spanish by four distinguished scholars: Mauricio Escudey (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Eduardo Martinez (UNESCO), Luis Vargas (Universidad de Pittsburgh, USA), and Claudio Garuti (Fulcrum Engineering, Chile). 

¡Nuevo! Por primera vez en español se dispone de un libro electrónico sobre la toma de decisiones usando el Proceso Analítico Jerárquico (AHP). Este libro es la traducción del escrito originalmente en inglés por el Profesor de Tomas L. Saaty con el título Decision Making for Leaders. AHP es una metodología que permite la toma científica de decisiones en situaciones complejas caracterizadas por la consideración de múltiples escenarios, actores y criterios, tanto tangibles como intangibles. Los conceptos básicos han sido introducidos de una forma sencilla y clara, idónea para que puedan ser entendidos fácilmente tanto por los líderes como por los estudiantes. Además contiene ejemplos y situaciones prácticas sobre la toma de decisiones que podrían ser de gran ayuda para el lector. El libro fue traducido al español por cuatro reconocidos académicos: Mauricio Escudey (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Eduardo Martínez (UNESCO), Luis G. Vargas (Universidad de Pittsburgh, USA), and Claudio Garuti (Fulcrum, Ingeniera Ltd., Chile).

Ratings and reviews

Excelente texto. Muy útil para la toma de decisiones.

About the author

Thomas L. Saaty is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, before that was a professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania for 10 years and before that was for seven years in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency at the U.S. State Department. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and serves on the Board of Advisors to Decision Lens, a company based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). He is the architect of the decision theory, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and its generalization to complex decisions with dependence and feedback, the Analytic Network Process (ANP). 
In 2000 he received the Gold Medal for his work on decision making from the International Society for Multi-criteria Decision Making. In 2007 he received the Akao prize given by the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) society. In 2008 he received the Impact Prize from INFORMS (the society for Operations Research) for his seminal work on the Analytic Hierarchy Process and for his contribution to its deployment and its extraordinary impact. In 2009 he received the Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award at the University of Pittsburgh.
The International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (ISAHP) that takes place every two years was established in 1988. Recent meetings have been in Bern, Switzerland, 2001 (Sixth ISAHP); in Bali, Indonesia, 2003 (Seventh ISAHP); in Hawaii, 2005 (Eighth ISAHP); in Viña del Mar, Chile, 2007 (Ninth ISAHP); in Pittsburgh, United States, 2009 (Tenth ISAHP).
He has published numerous articles and more than 12 books on the AHP/ANP and decision making and the workings of the brain. His nontechnical book on the AHP, Decision Making for Leaders, has been translated to more than 10 languages. He is also the author of numerous other books on mathematics and mathematical modeling.