Critical Reasoning & Decision Making
for Sustainable Value
CRITICAL REASONING
For all managers, because only effective reasoning and persuasion is the primary means of sustainable value creation.
- Formulating sound and persuasive beliefs and engaging in meaningful dialogue.
- Identifying and avoiding typical reasoning and dialectical errors.
ANALYTICAL DECISION MAKING
For all managers, because uncertainty underlies most managerial decision and value is, primarily, financial in nature.
- Understanding and optimizing decisions under complexity and uncertainty.
- Understanding and optimizing financial decisions.
BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING
For all managers, because decisions are made under conditions that often activate intuitive, emotional and impulsive thinking.
- Understanding the psychological aspects of decision making.
- Identifying and avoiding typical cognitive biases and errors.
GROUP DECISION MAKING
For all managers, because decisions are usually made, implicitly or explicitly, in collective settings.
- Understanding the types and intricacies of decision making in groups.
- Identifying and avoiding typical cognitive biases and errors in groups.
