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Strategic Decision-Making Programme

Program Objectives

Clear, confident decision-making is one of the central criteria for promotion into executive ranks. Yet many executives report that making decisions is one of their biggest professional challenges. This training course will examine the art and science of strategic decision-making. You will learn how to identify the most strategically important dimensions on which to ground your decisions and to scan your environment for your best possible options. You’ll also gain experience with proven techniques for making better strategic decisions in the face of complexity, uncertainty and conflicting objectives.

Through the trainer’s expertise and practical knowledge, you will be able to define the key concepts associated with strategic decision making and you will be able to:

–        Understand the reasons for making effective decisions using the process of structured analysis.

–        Identify when to involve others in the decision-making or problem-solving process and how to do so.

–        Understand the steps to use to yield the highest probability of successful decisions and solutions.

–        Interpret and analyze data more successfully.

–        Appreciate the importance and value of different problem-solving approaches and styles.

–        Develop an operational framework for approaching a variety of problem situations

This Training Program is designed for Employees at mid/senior levels, team leaders, supervisors and managers.

The Learning Model

–        Practical cases and exercises and applications

–        Discussion and dialogue

–        Exercises

–        Working Groups

–        Video Training

–        Applied Cases

Training Program Outline

·         Overview and objectives

·         Characteristics of rational decision making

·         Decision making – what we do!

·         Structuring our analysis

·         Insights into problem-solving

·         When to involve others

·         Levels of involvement

·         The four-step problem-solving model

·         Problem-solving exercise

·         Beware of these pitfalls

·         Decision-making techniques

·         Planning for decision making

·         Decision levels

·         Six thinking hats (looking at the decision from all points of view)