The difference : how the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies / Scott E. Page.

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Page, Scott E

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TextPublication details: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: xxiv, 424 p. : ill. b&w ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691138541

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DDC classification:

658.3

Contents:

1. Diverse perspectives: how we see things -- 2. Heuristics: do the opposite -- 3. Interpretations: our own private flatland -- 4. Predictive models: judging books by their cover -- 5. Measuring sticks and toolboxes: calipers for the brain -- 6. Diversity and problem solving: Darwin's brass tacks -- 7. Models of information aggregation: mindless signals -- 8. Diversity and prediction: the crowd of models -- 9. Diverse preferences: why tapas -- 10. Preference aggregation: four (not so) depressing results -- 11. Interacting toolboxes and preferences: go ask Alice -- 12. The causes of cognitive diversity: family vacations, college, or identity? -- 13. The empirical evidence: the pudding -- 14. A fertile logic: putting ideas to work.

Summary: It is about how we think in groups--and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? And why are the best group decisions and predictions those that draw upon the very qualities that make each of us unique? The answers lie in diversity--not what we look like outside, but what we look like within, our distinct tools and abilities.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	658.3 PAG dif (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10667

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Diverse perspectives: how we see things --
2. Heuristics: do the opposite --
3. Interpretations: our own private flatland --
4. Predictive models: judging books by their cover --
5. Measuring sticks and toolboxes: calipers for the brain --
6. Diversity and problem solving: Darwin's brass tacks --
7. Models of information aggregation: mindless signals --
8. Diversity and prediction: the crowd of models --
9. Diverse preferences: why tapas --
10. Preference aggregation: four (not so) depressing results --
11. Interacting toolboxes and preferences: go ask Alice --
12. The causes of cognitive diversity: family vacations, college, or identity? --
13. The empirical evidence: the pudding --
14. A fertile logic: putting ideas to work.

It is about how we think in groups--and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? And why are the best group decisions and predictions those that draw upon the very qualities that make each of us unique? The answers lie in diversity--not what we look like outside, but what we look like within, our distinct tools and abilities.

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