Training: Financiën voor Niet-Financieel Professionals - Deel 4: Probleemoplossing en Besluitvorming

Solving problems requires strategic thinking. You need to ask the right people the right questions to get to the source of the issue and find the solution. In this course, you'll learn about identifying stakeholders, gaining their input and trust, and using analysis techniques to get to the root cause of a problem.

Before you start looking for solutions to a problem, it's helpful to know what people want in an ideal world. This will give you some direction and aid in the strategic thinking needed to create alternative solutions. In this course, you'll learn how to define ideal states and generate and evaluate problem solutions. You'll also learn how to recognize and avoid common pitfalls when solving problems.

When the time comes to make a final, critical decision, you need to be able to understand the reasons for making that decision, as well as its possible consequences. You must also assess the effectiveness of your decisive action in solving a particular organizational problem. In this course, you'll learn techniques for making decisions based on key criteria, such as costs, time constraints, and organizational goals. You'll explore different decision-making styles, and how each can help in problem solving. You'll also learn how to plan, manage, evaluate, and celebrate solution implementation.

High-performing enterprises employ purpose-based data sourcing to effectively address well-framed business opportunities. In this course you'll learn how to identify, scope, and validate data for effective decision making. This course was developed with subject matter provided by the International Institute for Analytics. (www.iianalytics.com)

Organizations around the world are now realizing the many advantages of using data to overhaul their business strategies and gain a competitive edge. However, data-driven decision making doesn't mean you have to ignore your intuition or past experience. In fact, when used in combination with business acumen, building a data-driven decision-making culture can be a powerful tool for change. In this course, you'll learn about the benefits that occur when an organization makes decisions using data as the basis of their choice. You'll explore best practices for taking a balanced approach to decisions that don't rely on a single perspective. And you'll also learn how to avoid common mistakes associated with using data to inform decisions.