Sources of power: how people make decisions
- Cambridge, Mass. USA: MIT Press, 1998
- 338p.
The author is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach. This book is based on extensive fieldwork studies of how people make decisions in difficult non-routine situations when acting under time pressures, high stakes, personal responsibility, and changing conditions. The subjects include fire-fighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess masters.