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Course Description:
Learn how to be an inventive, logical decision maker by understanding the principles behind critical thinking and the tools used to consistently identify and select the best decision among multiple alternatives. In this course, you'll explore a structured way to approach and dismantle problems with a view toward optimum outcomes.
Applying the techniques of critical thinking allows you to dismantle complex problems and to understand the inputs and implications of your thought processes. By applying problem analysis and good practices you'll be able to develop positions and arrive at decisions that are logical and explicable to others. After completing the course, you'll understand why most decisions are of poor quality and be able to impose quality controls on both your decisions and the decisions of others.
Topics covered in the course include:
- ?Natural barriers to sound reasoning
- ?Bias and assumptions in problem analysis
- ?Thought processes and reasoning
- ?Analytical techniques for comparing alternative solutions
- ?Structure, standards, and ethics of critical thinking
- ?Problem analysis best practices
Hands-On Exercises
- Evaluate the strategic thinking of others
- Assess the reasoning of others
- Problem solving by starting with restatement of the issues
- Problem solving from a number of different perspectives
- Identify decision-making factors
- Creativity and the decision-making process
- Structure the analytical process with a matrix
- Evaluate decision options using probabilities
- Compare options using paired ranking
Target Student:This course is designed for the following students:
This course provides an introduction to structured decision making. It is intended for any professional who is new to formal problem analysis, including: department managers, directors, supervisors, project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, program managers, associate project managers, stakeholders, team members, and all others responsible for resource allocations.
Prerequisites: Students should possess the following experience before attending the course:
Please check the course description to find prerequisite information.
Testimonials
This was the class I needed.
The instructor Jeff took his time and made sure we understood each topic before moving to the next. He answered all of our questions, and I don't know about the rest of the students, but was very pleased with this experience.
I finally understand how to use Excel.
-Amanda T (Yale New Haven Hospital).
Great class!
We were able to cover a lot of information in one day without getting overwhelmed.
-Maria R (Microsoft).
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