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The Eisenhower decision-making model, also known as the Eisenhower Matrix, is a time management tool that helps prioritize tasks by urgency and importance. It's a simple 2x2 grid with four quadrants: urgent and important, important but not urgent, urgent but not important, and not urgent or important. This model is particularly useful for personal productivity and time management.
On the other hand, the Pareto Analysis, also known as the 80/20 rule, is a decision-making technique used to determine which problems or causes of problems need attention first. It's based on the idea that 80% of problems are due to 20% of causes. This model is often used in quality control and defect reduction efforts.
The Fishbone Diagram, also known as Ishikawa or cause-and-effect diagram, is a visualization tool for categorizing potential causes of a problem in order to identify its root causes. This model is commonly used in product design and quality defect prevention to identify potential factors causing an overall effect.
Each of these models serves different purposes and is used in different contexts, but all aid in decision-making processes.
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As President, Dwight Eisenhower was known for the wars he didn't fight. But on May 30th in 1944, then Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Eisenhower was faced with the greatest decision he ever had to make. With a little less than a week before the landing in Normandy, British Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory came to him with an analysis that they should call off the mission because casualties of the glider troops could be as high as 90%. Of 18,000 men, only 5,00 would survive — a cost so high that the mission would be doomed before they reached the ground. But in Ike's words, "The success of the landings on the beaches might well turn on the success of the paratroopers behind the lines." So how did he solve the decision?
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