Decision Making

Decision Making is a vital process that involves selecting a course of action from multiple alternatives to achieve a desired result. Coursera's Decision Making catalogue teaches you how to make effective decisions in various contexts. You'll learn about the cognitive processes behind decision making, the role of intuition versus analysis, the impact of bias, and strategies for improving decision-making skills. Further, you will explore frameworks for ethical decision making, risk assessment, problem-solving methods, and techniques for critical thinking and strategic decision making. These skills are essential for business leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, or anyone looking to improve their decision-making abilities in personal and professional contexts.
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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Skills you'll gain: Accountability, Decision Making, Conflict Management, Business Ethics, Risk Management, Strategic Leadership, Culture Transformation, Engineering Management, Organizational Leadership, Empathy, Organizational Strategy, Leadership, Professional Development, Employee Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion

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    Skills you'll gain: Healthcare Ethics, Business Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Health Care Administration, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Patient Safety, Decision Making, Risk Management, Conflict Management, Critical Thinking, Organizational Strategy, Business Strategy, Analysis

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    Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Entrepreneurship, Business Planning, Business Risk Management, Risk Management, Teamwork, Design Thinking, Ideation, Planning, Strategic Thinking, Innovation, New Business Development, Creative Thinking, Decision Making, Open Mindset, Lean Methodologies

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Skills you'll gain: Influencing, Negotiation, Leadership, Conflict Management, Persuasive Communication, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Business Leadership, Communication, Initiative and Leadership, Empowerment, Personal Development, Leadership and Management, Cooperation, Communication Strategies, Team Building, Constructive Feedback, Decision Making, Ethical Standards And Conduct

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    Columbia University

    Skills you'll gain: Higher Education, Personal Development, Self-Awareness, Academic Advising, Goal Setting, Decision Making, Student Services, Planning, Research, Organizational Skills

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    Peking University

    Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Graph Theory, Network Analysis, Game Theory, Market Dynamics, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Social Sciences, Market Analysis, Computational Thinking, Sociology, Behavioral Economics, Online Advertising, Negotiation, Probability, Decision Making

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Psychology, Influencing, Case Studies, Persuasive Communication, Advertising, Consumer Behaviour, Decision Making, Marketing Effectiveness, Neurology, Behavioral Economics, Marketing, Psychology, Anatomy, Physiology

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    Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Agentic systems, LLM Application, ChatGPT, AI Product Strategy, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Business Workflow Analysis, Decision Making, Content Creation

  • Skills you'll gain: Game Theory, Strategic Decision-Making, Strategic Thinking, Decision Making, Systems Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Spreadsheet Software

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    Skills you'll gain: Game Theory, Experimentation, Negotiation, Behavioral Economics, Research Design, Economics, Decision Making, Socioeconomics, Strategic Decision-Making, Consumer Behaviour, Peer Review

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    O.P. Jindal Global University

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Business Analytics, Operations Research, Mathematical Modeling, Analytical Skills, Business Analysis, Forecasting, Network Model, Advanced Analytics, Applied Machine Learning, Decision Making, Team Building, Process Optimization, Case Studies

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    University of Virginia

    Skills you'll gain: Brainstorming, Design Thinking, Ideation, Creative Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, Innovation, Product Development, Product Design, Performance Measurement, Strategic Thinking, New Product Development, User Feedback, Product Improvement, Prioritization, Customer experience improvement, Stakeholder Engagement, Decision Making, Feasibility Studies, Collaboration, Risk Management

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