EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

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BUILD SUCCESS ONE DECISION AT A TIME

Explore the underlying psychological, physiological, and sociological dynamics of making decisions in complex organizations. Learn how to match issues with best-fit tools to expand your capacity for making informed decisions that drive stronger outcomes.

  • Course Length

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  • Typical Class Size

    For organizational decision makers and those wishing to expand their influence

  • Course Investment

    Breakfast and lunch included

HOW IT WORKS

This two-day course is for professionals looking to drive strategic decision making within their organizations. You’ll examine the process from multiple perspectives and learn to apply various analytical tools to make your own decisions and influence decisions being made by others. This course applies to the C-Suite Certificate with concentrations in Change Management, Business Analytics, and Strategy and qualifies as an elective for the C-Suite, Leadership, and Advanced Certificates.

Course Takeaways

  • Analysis Techniques

    Learn how decisions are made in multi-layered organizations and develop analysis techniques that help to optimize the decision-making process.

  • Objectivity

    Consider issues from multiple perspectives, understand and overcome bias – conscious and unconscious – and learn to balance objective and subjective information to make more effective decisions.

  • Tools and Framework

    Build new tools and frameworks that allow you to guide decision making and ensure decisions support the overall organizational strategy.

MAKE THE RIGHT CALL

Learn to drive better outcomes with decision-making tools, including: stakeholder analysis, influence without authority, interests vs. position, and organizational problem solving. Understand and expand your role in the decision-making process and start producing better results right away.

STEP UP YOUR SKILLS

Expand your ability to influence your organization’s path in this short course that will help you drive better outcome-producing decisions.
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Faculty Spotlight

  • Steve Walton

    Professor in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations Management

    Creating Strategy for Solutions

    Steve Walton’s areas of expertise include strategic execution, operational decision-making and the impact of leadership on operations outcomes. He consults with such clients as Sony, First Data, UPS, The Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, Usher’s New Look Foundation, and The Arthur M. Blank Family Office.

  • Michael Sacks

    Michael Sacks is a Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management at Goizueta Business School and has served as both vice provost for Emory University Strategies and as academic director for the Woodruff Leadership Academy in Emory’s Health Sciences Center. He is an experienced executive educator who focuses his work on integrating traditional leadership topics with the cultural and strategic contexts in which an organization operates. Michael’s teaching influences individual leadership, team dynamics, and organizational culture.

POWER UP YOUR CAREER

In our short courses, you will develop keen insight and build connections with leaders from around the country at Georgia’s only globally ranked Executive Education program.
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