Course Details
Problem Solving & Decision Making
7 Oct 2014
Professional Development
Creative Thinking/Problem Solving
New Zealand Institute of Management
4th Floor, Phillips Fox Tower, 209 Queen St, Auckland, CBD
Two Days
7th - 8th October 2014
7th - 8th October 2014
$1,200.00
for members and $1400.00 for non members
for members and $1400.00 for non members
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Management has been defined as ”constant problem solving”.
Everyday business change creates a multitude of management challenges, otherwise known as problems. If you constantly face the unexpected, it's time to learn some strategies for converting these challenges to advantages.
Problem Solving and Decision Making offers solutions to everyday business headaches. By developing improved planning systems and implementation skills you minimise problems. By employing appropriate techniques of management you identify emerging problems before they take effect. By employing appropriate problem solving strategies you convert the challenge to an advantage.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Team members or managers who have to make daily business decisions. Those who want to improve their ability to create a ‘problem free’ business environment and those who wish to hone their effectiveness in identifying and implementing appropriate solutions.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
As a result of this learning initiative you will:
Use a valid framework to approach decision making and problem solving
Discover and critically evaluate your own decision making style
Develop skills for problem identification and analysis
Identify and assess relevant factor, and distinguish between symptoms and causes
Understand how much to isolate the options and select the best possible solutions
Discover the benefits of team problem solving and experience the power of synergy
Understand how you get team members to buy-in to the resultant plan, decision and solution
Be able to isolate the problems of "groupthink" and show how they might be avoided
Understand the linear programming and decision trees.
Management has been defined as ”constant problem solving”.
Everyday business change creates a multitude of management challenges, otherwise known as problems. If you constantly face the unexpected, it's time to learn some strategies for converting these challenges to advantages.
Problem Solving and Decision Making offers solutions to everyday business headaches. By developing improved planning systems and implementation skills you minimise problems. By employing appropriate techniques of management you identify emerging problems before they take effect. By employing appropriate problem solving strategies you convert the challenge to an advantage.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Team members or managers who have to make daily business decisions. Those who want to improve their ability to create a ‘problem free’ business environment and those who wish to hone their effectiveness in identifying and implementing appropriate solutions.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
As a result of this learning initiative you will:
Use a valid framework to approach decision making and problem solving
Discover and critically evaluate your own decision making style
Develop skills for problem identification and analysis
Identify and assess relevant factor, and distinguish between symptoms and causes
Understand how much to isolate the options and select the best possible solutions
Discover the benefits of team problem solving and experience the power of synergy
Understand how you get team members to buy-in to the resultant plan, decision and solution
Be able to isolate the problems of "groupthink" and show how they might be avoided
Understand the linear programming and decision trees.
NZIM Qualified Facilitator