Alexander de Haan & Hans de Bruijn & Els van Daalen – Effective Decision Making – Dealing with Business Complexity

Effective Decision Making: Dealing with Business Complexity
Learn how to solve complex problems in a business environment using analysis-based decision making.

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As an engineer in a leadership position, you will be faced with new responsibilities and tasks. These may include developing a business (unit) strategy and a business plan or being involved in strategic planning. Your success in dealing with these new responsibilities will largely depend on your ability to have a helicopter view of a situation and to make sound decisions.

In order to make decisions to move organizations forward, leaders will need to ensure that business goals are achievable and well-balanced while also taking into account the uncertainty of future developments. In a complex business environment, a sound strategy is the result of applying an analytical mindset and using a systematic approach to decision making.

This course will help you to build and apply an analytical toolkit including:

• stakeholder goal trees to develop a clear set of measurable goals,
• scenarios to prepare for future situations that may be different from what you expect,
• multi-criteria analysis to assess which decisions can help you reach your goals.

The focus of the course will be on utilizing your analytical skills in a business context, allowing you to unravel complex situations requiring decisions.
Upon completion of this course, you will have been introduced to an analytical mindset and toolkit, and you will have used these in order to write a managerial summary of a business situation analysis to inform an effective decision for your business strategy.

At a glance

• Institution: DelftX
• Subject: Business & Management
• Level: Intermediate
• Prerequisites:

The course is designed for individuals who are in a leadership position or preparing for such positions in the future. A few years of experience in an organizational setting will be an advantage, but is not a requirement.

• Language: English
• Video Transcript: English
• Associated programs:

Professional Certificate in Leadership Essentials for Engineers

What you’ll learn

• How to use a systematic approach to successfully deal with complex decision situations
• How to develop stakeholder goal trees, draw up scenarios, and conduct a multi-criteria analysis
• How to employ an analytical mindset through writing a managerial summary of a business situation analysis that helps your organization move in the desired direction

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Effective Decision Making – Dealing with Business Complexity By Alexander de Haan & Hans de Bruijn & Els van Daalen, what is it included (Content proof: Watch here!)

1. Get started with Effective Decision Making

• Get Started
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2. Introduction: Complex Situations and Business Strategies

• Complex Situations and Business Strategy

3. Stakeholder Analysis: Perspectives that enrich your vision

• Stakeholder Perspectives: enriching your vision on the complex situation

4. Goal Analysis and Criteria

• Goals and Criteria

5. Future scenarios and potential beneficial system interventions

• Future scenarios and potential beneficial system interventions

6. Multi-criteria decision analysis: Comparing promising system interventions for Decision Making

• Comparing promising system interventions for Decision Making

7. Managerial Summary, Leadership Pitch, and Next Steps

• Managerial Summary
• Leadership Pitch
• Next Steps

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