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Business Essentials: Master The Art Of Decision Making

This course is formulated to help you learn the art of decision making. In this tutorial, you will come across various decision making guidelines related to business

FREE

Level
Beginner
# Learners
123
Duration
6 hrs 14 mins
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(2)

About Course

�Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking�- Malcolm Gladwell. A man is the product of his thoughts and decisions. It is the decisions, which determine a person’s growth and success. This skill of making right choices is an important attribute for any aspiring entrepreneur. This online tutorial by experts is designed to help you get a clear picture about the process of decision making. Anybody can sign up for this tutorial as it requires no prerequisite knowledge and qualification. Benefits of this course are

  1. You can understand decision making from a business/industry perspective.
  2. Aspiring businessmen can fine tune their skills of decision making
  3. Making good decisions can help you in every phase of life

Curriculum

Section 1 : Introduction
1.1
Overview of the course
00:53

Section 2 : Types of Decisions
2.1
Different Types of Decisions
03:43
2.2
Programmed/Non-Programmed
03:30
2.3
Rational Decision Making
02:36

Section 3 : Types of Problems
3.1
Different Types of Problems
02:33
3.2
Defining the problem is hindered by few factors
05:35

Section 4 : Establishing priorities
4.1
Establishing priorities-Scarce resources
02:44

Section 5 : Consideration of causes
5.1
Consideration of causes-the search for causes often leads to a new and better problem statement
04:04

Section 6 : Solution selection
6.1
Solution selection
10:46

Section 7 : More about Decision Making
7.1
Alternatives to Rational Decision Making
01:17
7.2
Behavioral Influences on Decision Making
12:26
7.3
Propensity for risk: A personality characteristic
01:00
7.4
Potential for dissonance-Cognitive dissonance
03:12
7.5
Escalation of commitment
02:28

Section 8 : Styles of Decision Making
8.1
Styles of Decision Making
04:31

About the Author

Susmita Mukopadhyay
Assistant Professor, IIT Kharagpur

Dr.Susmita Mukhopadhyay is an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. She completed her PH.D at Calcutta University. She is also the member of the editorial board at Psybernews. Her research areas include Organizational Health, Spiritual Health, Human Resource Management, Business Ethics and Competency Mapping. In addition, she has also published papers on ethical issues and Indian Microfinance Institutions.

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