Strategic Decision Making (London B-School)
Programme overview
In today’s dynamic business environment, general managers need to evaluate different courses of action, defend decisions and communicate conclusions to stakeholders in order to deliver outstanding performance.
Strategic Decision Making focuses on developing your personal effectiveness at making decisions, which will in turn increase your ability to lead groups towards effective decision-making.
Who’s it for?
This programme suits senior decision-makers looking to develop their strategic decision-making skills.
How you’ll benefit
You’ll come away from the programme with the ability to:
- use techniques such as scenario analysis to manage risk
- use a structured process to make good decisions
- develop insight in key issues in a decision-making problem.
Programme outline
This programme focuses on the descriptive and prescriptive part of decision-making. It addresses the following key themes:
- using a structured process for making good decisions
- understanding the criteria for making decisions in uncertain times
- determining accountability for decisions made facing uncertainty
- understanding your heuristics and biases when making decisions.
Faculty profile
Zeger Degraeve is Professor of Decision Sciences and the Dean of the Executive MBA Programme at London Business School. He is an award-winning author and regular speaker at international conferences. Zeger’s current research focuses on the creation of organisational culture that will stimulate risk taking, innovation and experimentation. He has dealt with problems in operations management at Bridgestone/Firestone, logistics and supply chain management for McKinsey & Co, environmental planning for the European Commission and consulted to many other organisations.
Dates
- 05 – 06 November 2009
- 01 – 02 March 2010
- 05 – 06 July 2010
Dates are subject to change.
Fees
The programme fee is £2,450. This includes all tuition, educational material, coffee breaks and most meals.
Fees are subject to change.
Cancellations
To avoid a cancellation or transfer fee, we must receive your cancellation, in writing, no less than six weeks before the programme starts.
