This bundle includes Randolph H. Pherson&#8242;s Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis, 3e and Sarah Beebe&#8242;s Cases in Intelligence Analysis, 2e

BUNDLE: Pherson, Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis, 3e + Beebe, Cases in Intelligence Analysis, 2e

Politics & Social Sciences

Pherson, Randolph H.

Beebe, Sarah Miller

Politics & Government

CQ Press

Critical Thinking for Strategic Analysis is organized around twenty key questions that all analysts should ask as they prepare to conduct research, draft papers, and present their analysis. We divided the twenty questions into four groups, focusing on the four stages of generating an analytic product: 1. How do I get started? 2. Where is the information I need? 3. What is my argument? 4. How do I convey my message most effectively? We have long contended that the best way to learn is by doing. In writing this book, we choose to practice what we preach by including a set of case studies that the reader can use to reinforce understanding of the key points in the book. The case studies focus on a wide range of topics, covering political, economic, military, cyber, and health-related issues. At the end of each chapter, we provide a set of questions instructors and students can use to test whether the key teaching points have been absorbed. Throughout the book, feature boxes will alert you to the need to stop and reflect, and identify what structured analytic techniques best support the activities discussed in that chapter. We also include some of our favorite quotations and a robust set of graphics and text boxes to illustrate key points. The back cover of the book includes a foldout graphic, the Analyst's Roadmap, that captures on one page key points made in the book. The answers to the questions found at the end of each chapter are contained in a set of instructor materials that are free as a downloadable PDF to all instructors as well as government and private sector analysts who purchase the book. The graphics contained are also available to instructors and government and private sector analysts as free, downloadable JPEG and PowerPoint slides. You can register to obtain these instructor materials at college.cqpress.com/sites/intel-resources/.

Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence

Pherson, Katherine H.

Criminal Law

In this Second Edition of Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis, authors Richards J. Heuer Jr. and Randolph H. Pherson showcase fifty-five structured analytic techniques―five new to this edition―that represent the most current best practices in intelligence, law enforcement, homeland security, and business analysis.

Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis

Biographies & Memoirs

Heuer, Richards J.

True Crime

In this greatly expanded second edition, Beebe and Pherson have added five new and compelling case studies and fifteen new exercises that challenge students to engage in thorough and systematic thought. The result is a well-rounded and absorbing group of seventeen cases on events in foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, terrorism, homeland security, law enforcement, and decision-making support. In addition to their value as discussion cases, the case studies provide an experiential learning environment students can use to employ 27 different structured analytic techniques. Each turnkey case delivers a captivating narrative, discussion questions, recommended readings, and a series of engaging analytic exercises. The detailed Instructor Materials--available as a free PDF download to all readers from the publisher webpage--include notional solutions, key takeaways, and multimedia ancillaries that make teaching and learning effective, efficient, and rewarding.

Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

With this second edition of Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence, Randolph H. Pherson and Katherine Hibbs Pherson update their highly regarded, easy-to-use handbook for developing core critical thinking skills and analytic techniques. This indispensable text is framed around 20 key questions that all analysts must ask themselves as they prepare to conduct research, generate hypotheses, evaluate sources of information, draft papers, and ultimately present analysis. New material includes a chapter on working with statistics and probabilities at an introductory level; discussions on how to work with social media; managing the "big data" phenomenon and what role analysis plays both at the front and back end of utilizing such information. Each of the book’s chapters are consistently organized, enabling students and analysts alike to easily trace the key steps of: Setting the Stage; Looking More Deeply; Key Takeaways; Considering the Case Study, and the book’s illustrations include useful graphics that diagram and display the processes and structured analytic techniques for arriving at the best possible analytical products. The "Analyst’s Roadmap" provides an at-a-glance "map" for readers depicting the best practices involved in perfecting the analytical product. A set of carefully crafted case studies on national intelligence, homeland security, and law enforcement issues illustrate how to apply these critical thinking skills tie directly to end-of-chapter questions, providing valuable self-assessment opportunities.

The Third Edition of Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis by Randolph H. Pherson and Richards J. Heuer Jr showcases sixty-six structured analytic techniques―nine new to this edition―that represent the most current best practices in intelligence, law enforcement, homeland security, and business analysis. With more depth, detail, and utility than existing handbooks, each technique is clearly and systematically explained. Logically organized and richly illustrated, and with spiral binding and tabs that separate techniques into categories, this book is an easy-to-use, comprehensive reference.

Review\n"Kathy and Randy Pherson have written what should be THE standard for anyone interested in disciplined critical thinking. It should be a standard text for anyone pursuing a career in the intelligence community and, for that matter, for those currently serving. Logical, persuasive, useful, richly illustrated and documented, the 3rd edition has greatly refreshed their previous work." - Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, former US Director of National Intelligence."Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence is well established as the most important text for professional analysts and for scholars and students of intelligence analysis. It this new 3rd edition, Kathy and Randy Pherson incorporate significant updates that will keep the book exactly where it always has been - on the cutting edge of the analytic profession. Simply put: it is a must read!" - Michael Morrell, former Acting Director, Deputy Director, and Director of Analysis, US Central Intelligence Agency ."The knowledge in this book, drawn from practical examples and well-researched methods, gives you the basic tools you need whether you are a seasoned professional or just getting started. These are the tools you should know as part of the craft." - Tommy Skaug, Norwegian National Cyber Security Center."Critical thinking is essential for solid business decision making. In the challenging post-pandemic business environment, only the companies making the best thought-through decisions will flourish. Kathy and Randy Pherson provide their Ivy League business school quality of thinking to support you to do just that." - Eric Elgersma, Director, Strategic Analysis Services BV, The Netherlands."This book is an outstanding contribution to one of the most important aspects of intelligence practice globally. It captures the essence of critical thinking and will resonate with intelligence professionals tasked with producing quality strategic intelligence. I congratulate Randy and Kathy Pherson for their dedication to the craft." - Phil Kowalick, President, Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers\nForeword to 3rd Edition.In reviewing this third edition of Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence, I recall well my impressions when I read the first edition nearly a decade ago. In 2011, the surprise of Arab Spring, the impact of the death of Osama bin Laden, and the implications of the end of the Iraq War kept our intelligence analytic focus on counterterrorism and warfighter support. Now the world is even more complex with political and economic polarization, shifting alliances, sociological and environmental disruptions, and disinformation. The need for insightful warning and solid, dispassionate analysis has never been greater..Kathy and Randy Pherson's book stands the test of time. It tackles change head on, incorporating timely issues and sources to help analysts deal with evolution in the ways they work as well as the issues they study. This one-of-a-kind guide should be used by all practitioners from the front lines to the C-suite.. - Charles E. Allen, Principal, The Chertoff Group; former Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, DHS; and former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection, CIA\nWith Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence, Katherine Hibbs Pherson and Randolph H. Pherson have updated their highly regarded, easy-to-use handbook for developing core critical thinking skills and analytic techniques. This indispensable text is framed around 20 key questions that all analysts must ask themselves as they prepare to conduct research, generate hypotheses, evaluate sources of information, draft papers, and ultimately present analysis, including: How do I get started? Where is the information I need? What is my argument? How do I convey my message effectively?\nThe Third Edition includes suggested best practices for dealing with digital disinformation, politicization, and AI. Drawing upon their years of

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Accomplished instructors and intelligence practitioners Beebe and Pherson have created a set of twelve robust, class-tested cases on events in foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, terrorism, homeland security, law enforcement, and decision-making support. The case studies are designed to give analysts-in-training a hands-on opportunity to apply structured analytic techniques to tackle real-life problems. Each case delivers a compelling narrative and a set of step-by-step instructions that make teaching and learning as effective and efficient as possible. Key Features: 
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<li>Questions at the start of each case challenge the student to think critically and help the students bring the case into focus;</li>
<li>Carefully crafted narratives provide the right amount of detail to give a realistic sense of the complexity and challenges of the case;</li>
<li>Recommended readings at the end of each narrative allow room for further research</li>
<li>Sections entitled "Structured Analytic Techniques in Action" frame the analytic tasks and provide step-by-step instructions for applying three to fi ve analytic techniques in a series of exercises for each case study;</li>
<li>Two hundred photos, maps, figures, tables, boxes, and technique templates support analysis and instruction; and</li>
<li>A matrix of the cases and techniques used in each cases augment the annotated table of contents and provide students and instructors an all-in-one view of the contents.</li>
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Praise for Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action: "Cases in Intelligence Analysis takes an innovative approach to intelligence analysis that helps the reader to develop a more thorough and disciplined analytic process. The authors contend that the use of compelling and historically accurate cases, coupled with an impressive toolkit of analytic techniques, can help us all to move beyond flawed analyses. I think they are right." --Charles S. Robb, Co-Chairman of The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction "This work confronts head-on the problem of cognitive traps that history has shown to be the fundamental factor in most intelligence failures. After reviewing this presentation of methods and case examples, professional practitioners can sharpen their skills by testing the methods on their own problems--those they have experienced in the past and those they are confronting at present." --Douglas MacEachin, Former CIA/Deputy Director of Intelligence "Structured analytic techniques are increasingly being adopted by government intelligence analysts, but they are just as useful to the private sector. The value of this fascinating case study book is that it provides the growing array of users with practical advice on how best to apply the techniques to the challenges they deal with every day." --Gordon S. Barrass, Former Chief of the Assessment Staff, Cabinet Office, London Visiting Professor, London School of Economics

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

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<li>Eighteen informative and applicable stories from others who have struggled with navigating the medical system</li>
<li>Techniques to spur a correct diagnosis and obstacles to overcome when seeking treatment</li>
<li>The right questions to ask to ensure you are getting the most accurate information</li>
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How to Get the Right Diagnosis: 16 Tips for Navigating the Medical System

Professionals & Academics

Mango

Clear Thinking: Structured Analytic Techniques and Strategic Foresight Analysis for Decisionmakers (Professional Practice in Governance and Public Organizations)

Science & Math

Donner, Ole

Gnad, Oliver

Behavioral Sciences

Springer

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BUNDLE: Pherson, Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis, 3e + Beebe, Cases in Intelligence Analysis, 2e

Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence

Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis

Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence

Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis

Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence

Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action

How to Get the Right Diagnosis: 16 Tips for Navigating the Medical System

Clear Thinking: Structured Analytic Techniques and Strategic Foresight Analysis for Decisionmakers (Professional Practice in Governance and Public Organizations)