Distributed decision making (DDM) has become of increasing importance in quantitative decision analysis. In applications like supply chain management, service operations, or managerial accounting, DDM has led to a paradigm shift. The book provides a unified approach to such seemingly diverse fields as multi-level stochastic programming, hierarchical production planning, principal agent theory, negotiations or contract theory. Different settings like multi-level one-person decision problems, multi-person antagonistic planning, and leadership situations are covered. Numerous examples and real-life planning cases illustrate the concepts. The new edition has been considerably expanded by additional chapters on supply chain management, service operations and multi-agent systems.

1: Introduction

1.1 Some Typical Examples of Distributed Decision Making Situations
1.2 Examples of DDM Systems
1.3 Some Important Properties of DDM Systems
1.4 Outline of the Treatise
I: Basic Foundations
2: Basic Concepts
3: Constructional DDM Systems
4: Organizational DDM Systems
5: Principal Agent Theory
II: General Applications
6: Hierarchical Production Planning
7: Organizational Design
8: Implementation
9: Supply Chain Management
10: Service Operations
11: Managerial Accounting
III: Leadership and Coordination Processes
12: General DDM Systems
13: Coordination through Communication
14: Negotiations
15: Distributed Decision Making in Multi-Agent Systems
16: A Unifying Perspective of the Management Process
Exercises
Solutions to the Exercises.