THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING

Improve your personal and professional decision-making with a step-by-step guide to identify and address strategic flaws

Duration

6 weeks, excluding
orientation

Effort

7–10 hours per week,
entirely online

Learning Format

Weekly modules,
flexible learning

ON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH:

1

Access to the LSE Decision Canvas™, a proprietary framework designed by Barbara Fasolo and Umar Taj, for a step-by-step guide to enhancing decisions in your personal and professional contexts.

2

The confidence to recognise blind spots in the decision-making process, such as your own cognitive bias and automatic judgements, and the structure to make more informed, bias-proof decisions.

3

Improved intuitive decision-making abilities, developed through highly interactive, collaborative, and experiential learning.

4

The skills to leverage the diversity, experiences, and insight of others in order to review a decision challenge from a different perspective and consider a wider range of resolutions.

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This Strategic Decision-Making online certificate course is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The course has an estimated 60 hours of learning.

Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is on you. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.

COURSE CURRICULUM

MODULE 1
Decision-making styles and approaches

Discover your decision-making approach to best leverage your strengths and overcome your weaknesses.

MODULE 2
Evaluating the quality of decisions

View the decision-making process through a rational lens to understand what drives a quality decision.

MODULE 3
Judgements as decision drivers

Learn how to recognise and engage with judgements that may hamper decision-making.

MODULE 4
Bias as an obstacle to successful decision-making

Discover how to differentiate bias from noise, error, and heuristics in order to make better decisions.

MODULE 5
Outsmarting biases

Recognise the types of debiasing techniques and their applications.

MODULE 6
Designing decision architecture

Learn how to differentiate between types of nudges to construct better choice architecture.

 

* Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.

YOUR FACULTY

Dr Barbara Fasolo

Associate Professor of Behavioural Science, Department of Management, LSE

Barbara is an associate professor of behavioural science in the Department of Management, as well as head of the Behavioural Research Lab and director of the executive master in behavioural science at LSE. She is an expert in choice processes and choice architecture, with her work appearing in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Annual Review of Psychology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and her work has been covered in media outlets, including the Harvard Business Review.

Barbara is a member of many panels and associations, such as the Department of Health Behavioural Insights Expert Advisory Panel, the Behavioural Science and Policy Association, the Society of Judgment and Decision Making, and the European Association of Decision Making.

Dr Umar Taj

Guest Teacher, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE

Umar is currently a guest teacher on the executive master in behavioural science at LSE. He also delivers regular training and facilitation workshops, and has provided his services to over 50 global institutions. His interests lie in helping public and private institutions apply the latest insights from behavioural science to improve decision-making. His current projects span the domains of human resources, technology, health, finance, security, politics, education, and international development. Umar holds a PhD in behavioural science from Warwick Business School and an MSc in decision science from LSE.

AN ONLINE EDUCATION THAT SETS YOU APART

This LSE online certificate course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. Join a growing community of global professionals and benefit from the opportunity to:

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Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from a world-leading social science university, entirely online and in your own time.

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Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.

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Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.

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