Problem-solving and Decision-making Strategies

Name: Problem-solving and Decision-making Strategies
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Adapt to Every Situation. Generate, Evaluate, and Choose Between Alternative Courses of Action.

Created bySorin Dumitrascu

Last updated 11/2025

English

What you'll learn

Use a problem-solving model and key problem-solving skills
Adapt personal decision-making style to every situation
Use various decision-making tools and techniques
Avoid problem-solving traps

Course content

3 sections • 29 lectures • 4h 31m total length

Problem-solving fundamentals6:46
Introduce problem-solving, present main topics, define terminology used and provide an overview of the problem-solving section of this course.
Effective Learning7:04
Effective Learning
Course Choice, Skill Development and Prior Knowledge
FAQs1:03
FAQs
The problem-solving model12:30
Proposes an effective problem-solving model and details the approach to problem-solving
Problem-solving techniques10:12
Presents the techniques and steps of effective problem-solving.
Problem-solving mind traps (I)10:22
Helps you recognize the effects of five types of mind traps.
The Science of Better Learning5:14
The Science of Better Learning
Problem-solving mind traps (II)11:30
Details the five types of mind traps and gives you the opportunity to practice.
Problem-solving mind traps (III)9:42
Presents the techniques for dealing with problem-solving mind traps.
Problem-solving process traps10:25
Presenting process barriers in problem-solving.
Problem-solving competencies9:01
Introduces a framework for developing problem-solving competencies.
Problem-solving skills10:14
Developing and using skills for problem-solving theory and practice.
Problem-solving tools and techniques

Decision-making fundamentals3:53
Gives an overview of the decision-making section, introduces a decision-making model and defines terminology used in the course.
Effective decision-making9:43
Present the context and importance of effective decision-making.
Decision-making process3:26
Introduce an effective decision-making process and its components.
Decision-making steps16:55
Detail the steps of the decision-making process.
Decision-making styles9:44
Present four decision-making styles and personal prefferences in decision-making.
Using decision-making styles9:10
Detailed presentation and practice on the 4 decision-making styles.
Adapting your decision-making style6:49
Influential factors in decision-making.
Choosing the right decision-making style10:19
What factors to take into consideration to choose the style that suits the situation.
Steps in adapting your decision-making style6:19
Practice adapting decision-making style to specific time, experience and importance of decision.
Practical Activity: Personal Decision-Making Styles
Effective decision-making
Concepts, Insights and Inquiries

Decision-making tools and techniques5:45
Overview of decision-making tools and techniques and of the section.
Dealing with alternatives in decision-making4:02
A methodical approach to reach the best decisions.
Tools in decision-making processes12:08
Detail the steps of an optimal decision making process
Nominal group technique15:16
Present and practice the nominal group technique of decision-making.
Return on investment technique17:40
Discuss and practice the return on investment tool of decision-making.
Devil's advocate technique6:05
Describe and practice the Devil's Advocate Technique of decision-making.
PMI Analysis and Ease-and-effect matrix12:01
Present and practice PMI Analysis, and Ease-and-effect matrix, as tools of decision-making
Decision-making tools and techniques
Problem-solving and Decision-making Strategies
Takeaways, Practical Applications and Endorsements
Applied Knowledge is the Real Power17:45
You think knowing stuff changes the game? You think sitting in a library, stacking up facts like you’re building a Jenga tower, is gonna make you a winner? Man, that’s cute. But life ain't a trivia night. Information alone? It’s worthless. It’s like having a Lamborghini in your garage but you never learned how to drive. You just sit in it, making engine noises. Vroom vroom. People walk by, they see the car, but they also see you ain't going nowhere. You got all this knowledge, all these textbooks, but when life throws a punch, you’re still looking up the definition of "duck." It’s what you *do* with that information that actually matters. Don't be the person with the shiny car and no keys.

Requirements

There are no pre-requistes to take this course.

Description

This course gives you exactly what you need to improve your problem-solving and decision-making habits. It gives you models and techniques that you can use in real life professional and personal situations.

It's all about providing a practical framework for improvement and for creating positive habits in problem-solving and decision-making. This is part of a larger skills for life program, and it helped people in very difficult situations or looking to get better at what they do.

The 4+ hours of video content with a focus on practice will help you learn:

problem-solving and decision-making models
how to avoid mind and process traps and
how to use decision-making strategies.

You will learn to use a methodical approach to reach the best decisions by:

establishing a context for success
framing the issue properly
generating alternatives
evaluating these alternatives and
choosing the best option.

And, this course gives you the most effective and popular tools for decision-making:

nominal group technique
return on investment technique
devil's advocate technique
plus-minus-interesting analysis and
ease-and-effect technique.

The problem-solving model helps you understand what the problem is, identify causes and opportunities, generate solutions, evaluate and choose the best solution, and implement and monitor your actions.

So, you get 2 conceptual models - one for problem solving and other for decision-making - and 5 techniques. With practice and quiz work you will learn in maximum 7 hours a way to make your life better.

This course is for everyone, no special requirements. Come with an open mind and focus on developing your problem-solving and decision-making.

Who this course is for:

If you want to develop or improve your problem-solving and decision-making skills this course is for you

Problem-solving and Decision-making Strategies

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Course content

Problem-solving tools and techniques12 lectures • 1hr 44min

Effective decission-making9 lectures • 1hr 16min

Decision-making tools and techniques8 lectures • 1hr 31min

Requirements

Description

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