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''Working effectively with others - cognitive bias''.
The detailed quantified analysis of risks in terms of their:


Maslow's hammer is a cognitive bias that involves over-reliance on a familiar tool:
- Probability and


:"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."
- Consequences, usually including a financial amount as part of the quantification


:Abraham Maslow, ''The Psychology of Science, 1966''.


==See also==
* [[Risk analysis]]
* [[Risk assessment]]
* [[Risk identification]]
* [[Risk management]]
* [[Risk rating]]
* [[Risk reporting]]
* [[Risk response]]
* [[Guide to risk management]]


Other versions of this quotation include, "To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]
 
 
Other names for the same cognitive bias include the 'law of the instrument' and the 'Einstellung Effect'.
 
 
== See also ==
* [[Affinity bias]]
* [[Bandwagon bias]]
* [[Behavioural economics]]
* [[Choice supporting bias]]
* [[Cognitive bias]]
* [[Confirmation bias]]
* [[Diversity]]
* [[Dunning-Kruger effect]]
* [[Emotional intelligence]]
* [[Executive coaching]]
* [[Hindsight bias]]
* [[Impostor syndrome]]
* [[Maslow's hierarchy of needs]]
* [[Objectivity]]
* [[Optimism bias]]
* [[Reactance bias]]
* [[Self-investment bias]]
* [[Social bias]]
* [[Source bias]]
* [[Working effectively with others]]
 
[[Category:Commercial_drive_and_organisation]]
[[Category:Influencing]]
[[Category:Self_management_and_accountability]]
[[Category:Working_effectively_with_others]]
[[Category:Planning_and_projects]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]

Revision as of 19:25, 28 May 2015

The detailed quantified analysis of risks in terms of their:

- Probability and

- Consequences, usually including a financial amount as part of the quantification


See also

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