How do you make decisions? Since decisions pop up all the time, it may seem like you already have this skill learned — but do you? This course on "Decision Making Fundamentals" will take you step-by-step through a thoughtful and sound decision-making process that includes listing your values, setting goals, seeking out information, and more. Wise decision making is a characteristic of any good leader as well, so while this course may be about fundamentals, its impact will be lasting.
You already have a decision-making style, which is based on your past experiences, biases, and emotions. Become more aware of how you make decisions, and discover how to use a better decision-making process in this course, which will take you in detail through the steps you probably didn't even know you needed to make a decision. Determine your core values, list your goals, then set your priorities. Now that you have that foundation, actually identify the decision that needs to be made, do some information gathering, and you'll be set. This course will give you the tools and processes you need to make more informed, data-driven, focused decisions, and how to learn from them. Use this process on your next personal purchase or on a major business decision.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to make better decisions
- Understand what informs decision-making styles
- Identify the steps of decision making
- Discover how personal values and goals play into decision making
- Evaluate what kinds of information and input to gather around the decision
- Learn how to better focus and identify specific decisions
- Learn to evaluate past decisions and iterate on the process going forward
What You'll Learn
- Identify the steps involved in a sound decision-making process
- Determine your core values and define your goals and priorities
- Understand how personal experiences, biases, and emotions inform your decision-making style
- Gather and evaluate the right information and input around a decision
- Focus on and clearly identify the specific decision that needs to be made
- Review past decisions and iterate on your process going forward
Key Takeaways
- Everyone already has a decision-making style shaped by past experiences, biases, and emotions, and the course helps you become more aware of it.
- Wise decision making is presented as a characteristic of any good leader.
- The course walks through a step-by-step process that includes listing values, setting goals, seeking information, and more.
- Setting core values, goals, and priorities provides the foundation before identifying the actual decision to be made.
- The same decision-making process can be applied to a personal purchase or a major business decision.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will this course teach me?
It takes you step-by-step through a thoughtful decision-making process, including determining your core values, listing goals, setting priorities, identifying the decision, gathering information, making your best choice, and reviewing the results.
Who can benefit from this course?
Anyone who makes decisions can benefit, and the course notes that wise decision making is a characteristic of any good leader.
Can I apply this to both personal and business decisions?
Yes. The course says you can use this process on your next personal purchase or on a major business decision.
What topics do the lessons cover?
Lessons cover defining decision making, how people make decisions, determining your core values, identifying a purpose and goal, setting priorities, identifying a decision, information gathering, making your best choice and acting, and reviewing your decision and its results.
Does the course help me understand my own decision-making style?
Yes. It helps you become more aware of how you make decisions and understand what informs your decision-making style, which is based on past experiences, biases, and emotions.
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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course on "Decision Making." Decision making is something that all of us do everyday, sometimes automatically and other times we may face a decision where we feel incapable of coming to a conclusion. Of course, some decisions are more important than others. For example, deciding whether to change careers is a lot more important than deciding whether you want to have eggs or pancakes for breakfast. Yet decision making for many of us can be a real problem area. In this course, we will look at: how people make decisions, how our core values affect our decision making, how to set priorities, and the process of decision making. Let's get started.
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