Leading Strategic Decision Making
October 2-3, 2024 | 8am-5pm
UT Campus or Live Online ($3,350) | On-Demand - Online ($1,295)
Please note that "Decision Quality Make The Right Choice Every Time" is a prerequisite for this course.
Course Details
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EFFECTIVELY DIAGNOSE DECISION SITUATIONS
Complex decisions, often involving many parties in disagreement, need leaders who can guide a team to a timely, effective resolution. Decision leaders play a specific role, guiding and facilitating decision makers, decision support teams, and stakeholders. Building on the concepts of Decision Quality and the Dialogue Decision Process (DDP), this class teaches you how to lead a group to a decision.
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Upcoming Sessions
Class Details
Strategic Decision and Risk Management
Date
On Demand
Instructors
Eric Bickel
Bruce Judd
Location
Online
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What You'll Learn
Achieve success by effectively diagnosing a decision situation, designing a clear approach, facilitating communication, and presenting compelling rationale to key stakeholders.
Management of Group Interactions
- Manage a group's interpersonal and organizational dynamics
- Guide dialogue among decision makers and project teams to produce a high-quality decision
- Effectively facilitate interactions at each step of the DDP
- Identify what decision-makers will need to make the best choice in a challenging situation
- Discuss types of conflict and their potential effects on reaching a quality decision
Decision Processes
- Select the best process for handling many types of decisions
- Ensure your team is solving the right problem by how you guide them to frame and scope the issue
- Identify the obstacles – organizational, analytical, and content – to good decision making
Decision Leadership
- Lead the project team and decision board in productive dialogue and facilitate agreement and clarity of action
- Gain insight into your own strategic leadership capabilities and areas for potential improvement
Attending this Course
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Individuals
Those who want to make better decisions, especially when outcomes are uncertain and when risks include financial and non-financial impacts. -
Teams
Organizations often send pairs or small teams, to support the launch of new initiatives. -
Requirements & Credit
Decision Quality is a prerequisite for this course. Participants earn 1.4 CEUs and/or 14 CPEs for this course, as well as a certificate of completion.
Looking for University Credit?
Our classes are available for university credit. Please contact Elizabeth Krieg for more information.
Complex decisions, often involving many parties in disagreement, need leaders who can guide a team to a timely, effective resolution. Decision leaders play a specific role, guiding and facilitating decision makers, decision support teams, and stakeholders. Building on the concepts of Decision Quality and the Dialogue Decision Process (DDP), this class teaches you how to lead a group to a decision.
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Reimbursement Options
Learn more about course credits and options for course reimbursement. Get tips on the best way to approach your manager and download a customizable template to facilitate making the ask.
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Course Location
In person courses take place at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center and adjoining Rowling Hall on the UT campus in Austin. These world-class facilities provide a comfortable and convenient learning environment, with direct access to the 40 acres of campus and within walking distance of downtown Austin. Live online and on-demand course options are available for many courses.
On-Demand Course Information
The following information applies to the On-Demand class ONLY.
- The on-demand version of this course is self-paced and online. You may register and begin the class at any time and you will have 60 days to complete the class.
- You should expect to dedicate 18 to 22 hours to watch videos and complete assignments. At the end of each module, you will take a short quiz to assess your learning.
- Once you have completed all modules, you will take the final exam. You are required to score 70% or higher on the final exam to pass the class and earn a credit for the course. You may take the final exam as many times as you wish until you pass.
In Partnership with Strategic Decisions Group
The Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate courses offered by Texas Executive Education combine The University of Texas at Austin’s academic and research depth with the decision and risk management expertise and track record of Strategic Decisions Group (SDG).
Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) is a global consulting firm with expertise in strategic decision making, risk management and shareholder value creation. SDG’s collaborative approach helps clients find innovative strategies for today while helping them build decision competency for the future.
Earn a Badge
We offer digital badges for select courses, which enable you to verify your skills and achievements. When you complete this course, you will earn a digital badge that you can showcase on your LinkedIn profile.
Additional Courses
Decision and Risk Analysis
Explore the foundations of decision quality and how to use a rigorous analytic framework to make better decisions in your personal and professional life.
Decision Quality: Make the Right Choice Every Time
Learn how to frame strategic choices, generate alternatives, develop credible forecasts, quantify uncertainty and judge the quality of a decision at the time it is made.
Human Biases in Decision Making: Avoiding the Traps
Understand the ways in which your mind, personality, and social structures can degrade your decision-making.
Modeling and Analytics for Strategic Insight
Create models that answer executives' questions, produce compelling analyses, and ultimately gain commitment.
Multi-Party Decision Making: From Conflict to Resolution
Assemble concepts, tools, and skills for applying the DQ Framework in multi-party situations.
Scenarios and Forecasting: Planning for Uncertainty
Improve strategic decision-making with enhanced forecasting methods and by leveraging scenarios to foster insight.
Resources
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Decision Quality: Strategic Decision Making Through Framing & Alternatives
Framing and finding alternatives are key links in the decision quality chain; necessary for determining if a decision is good or not. -
Decision Quality: Strategic Decision Making Through Information & Values
Decision quality is a strategic decision making process used to judge the quality of a decision at the time it is being made. -
Decision Making: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Why do seemingly good decisions sometimes turn out all wrong? Conventional thinking often confuses decisions with outcomes.