Biz Books: A Weekly Peek at What's On the Shelves ; Fateful Charge Illuminates Study of Decisions

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Five "go points" preceded a major turning point in the Civil War remembered as Pickett's Charge, maintains Michael Useem, a management professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

In his new book, "The Go Point," Useem defines a go point as "that decisive moment when the essential information has been gathered, the pros and cons are weighed, and the time has come to get off the fence."

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Biz Books: A Weekly Peek at What's On the Shelves ; Fateful Charge Illuminates Study of Decisions

He uses Gen. Robert E. Lee's decision at Gettysburg to send Gen. George Pickett and 13,000 to 15,000 troops in a doomed assault on Union troops to illustra...

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