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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS SERIES
Decision Making Skills
Targeted Skill Level: Basic
Duration: .75 - 1 hours
COURSE DESCRIPTION
There's a mindset that facilitates effective decision making. There's also a progression of events in a well-made decision. Whether you're committed to the rigorous analysis of alternatives in a major business decision or spending a few minutes choosing between options on some every-day
matter, that mindset and logical progression will improve your decision making effectiveness. Decision Making Skills presents a twelve-step tool to follow for effective decisions.
GOALS
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Utilize a robust decision making tool for major decisions.
- Utilize a convenient thumbnail guide for everyday decisions.
- Foresee and avoid the common decision making pitfalls of:
- Impulsiveness
- Shortsightedness
- Single-mindedness
- Excessive information gathering
- Neglect of risk factors
CASE STUDY
In the case study, Lae Stertter faces a major decision. You watch Lae apply a twelve-step tool to help her arrive at the best outcome. Later, when Lae faces a less weighty decision, she takes a moment to use the thumbnail tool which follows the same basic thought process in a much less rigorous format.
INSTRUCTIONAL PATH CONTENT
- Define the Objective
- Brainstorm the Criteria
- Identify the "must haves"
- Rank the "wants"
- Brainstorm alternatives
- Modify the criteria
- Eliminate alternatives that don't meet the "must haves"
- Rank the alternatives based on one "want"
- Do the math
- Assess the Risks
JUST-IN-TIME CONTENT
- Ask Experts
- FAQ
- Decision making Toolbox (interactive exercises)
- Sequence the common elements of a decision
- Identify the "must haves"
- Rank the "wants"
- Rank alternatives based on each "want"
- Template for the robust decision making tool
Presented in the Interactive Directed Learning Model™
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