After attending the Strategic Decision Making and Problem Solving programme, you will have the knowledge to:

• Understand the principles of effective strategic decision making
• Understand the different approaches to strategy (creative/analytical) and how having an effective strategy informs decision making
• Apply a proven strategic process to own organisational context and develop a real-world strategic decision-making framework
• Identify their own personality type and working preferences (using the Myers-Briggs personality assessment tool) and understand how this relates to their own strengths as a problem solver
• Clarify business real-world problems and apply a proven method to solve these in a diverse and collaborative learning environment
• Assess your own business’ strategic decision-making capability
• Improve your confidence and ability to make complex decisions and to generate alternative options
• Recognise and develop strategies to overcome the key decision-making challenges
• Evaluate and manage associated risks and uncertainty
• Understand the range of approaches to problem-solving
• Evaluate processes, action planning and implementation
• Match problems with appropriate problem-solving methods and strategies