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Decision Quality

  • ITEM SKU
    7410
  • CPE Hours
    10
  • Full Course Price
    $79.50
Exam Questions: 50
Course Level: Basic
Pages: 248 | Content: 232, Supplemental: 16
NASBA Area of Study: Management Services
Not Acceptable for: Enrolled Agents
Version: 7410B

Our lives, both business and personal, are marked by a stream of decisions. How well we make those decisions matters. This course outlines the framework and thinking tools that will help you get more of what you truly want and more value from every decision.

This course addresses how to:
• Frame a problem or opportunity
• Create a set of attractive alternatives
• Identify relevant uncertain information
• Clarify the values that are important in a decision
• Apply tools of analysis, and
• Develop buy-in among shareholders

PLEASE NOTE: Not accepted for Enrolled Agents. All course material provided. No prerequisites. Course level: Basic.

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Table of Contents
  • PART I: THE DECISION QUALITY FRAMEWORK
  • The Power of Decisions
  • The Requirements for Decision Quality
  • Getting to Decision Quality
  • PART II: THE SIX REQUIREMENTS FOR DQ
  • The Appropriate Frame
  • Creative Alternatives
  • Relevant and Reliable Information
  • Clear Values and Tradeoffs
  • Sound Reasoning
  • Commitment to Action
  • PART III: HOW TO ACHIEVE DQ
  • Biases and Traps in Decision Making
  • Megabiases that Undermine DQ
  • Achieving Quality in Strategic Decisions
  • Achieving Quality in Significant Decisions
  • PART IV: THE JOURNEY TO DQ
  • The Amoco Unleaded Gasoline Decision
  • Building Organizational Decision Quality
  • Embarking on the DQ Journey
Objectives
  • To identify who is likely to make bad decisions
  • To recognize when to judge the quality of a decision
  • To recall the six requirements needed to make a high-quality decision
  • To identify the steps involved in the DQ process
  • To identify the components of framing
  • To identify the characteristics of a good decision
  • To identify the goal of using reliable and relevant information in decision making
  • To recognize how value metrics are used to make quality decisions
  • To identify the tools utilized with sound reasoning
  • To recognize the importance of taking action and how to clear the way to get there
  • To identify the mental processes that create biases and shape judgment
  • To identify the five megabiases that hinder DQ
  • To identify the advantages of the dialog decision process
  • To recognize the benefits of the DQ Appraisal Cycle
  • To recognize the huge benefit-to-cost ratio in the decision analysis process at Amoco
  • To identify the components of organizational decision quality
  • To identify the value of decision quality

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