Decision Making: How to Choose the Right Problem to Solve

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Decision Making: How to Choose the Right Problem to Solve
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  2. Prerequisites & Facts
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What is the course about?

Decision Making: How to Choose the Right Problem to Solve
The course Decision Making: How to Choose the Right Problem to Solve is an online class provided by University of Leeds through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Build personal problem-solving skills and learn how to make an effective plan to tackle real-life problems and decisions.

Course description
  • Learn how to get others on board with your decision-making and minimise risk
  • 2 weeks
  • On this course, you’ll learn how to better solve simple problems and sharpen your decision-making process.
  • You’ll evaluate your existing problem-solving technique and build the skills to improve it.
  • As you learn what transferable skills are required, you’ll discover how to identify a problem, how to understand it and how to analyse the associated risks and benefits of various solutions.
  • You’ll also spend time producing a detailed plan to persuade others that your own solution is workable.
  • Explore the types of transferrable skills that are needed to solve problems
  • Look at how to identify the real, underlying problems of a particular situation
  • Introduction to the SWOT analysis as a way of understanding the problem
  • Explore how to identify the best possible solution
  • Explore the benefits and risks of a solution
  • Explore tools to help pitch ideas to others in order to get buy-in
  • Create a business case which will be peer reviewed
  • Evaluate personal skills for problem solving
  • Describe how problems exist in wider contexts
  • Develop an idea to approach a real life problem
  • Explore methods to minimise risk and turn ideas into plans
  • Explain the importance of the wider impact when proposing solutions
  • Produce a plan that persuades others your solution will work
  • This course is designed for people who have digital skills but would like to build confidence in using digital technology in the workplace.
  • This may include those studying for A-levels, those who have a degree, or those who want to improve their career prospects.
  • The course will also be useful for anyone in employment who wants to boost their digital skills or anyone returning to the workplace who’d like to gain confidence in how working practices have evolved.
  • You might also be interested in the other courses in the Digital Skills for the Workplace collection from the University of Leeds and the Institute of Coding.
  • University of Leeds
  • As one of the UK’s largest research-based universities, the University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group and a centre of excellence for teaching.
  • Institute of Coding
  • The Institute of Coding is a family of learners, businesses and educators creating a new way to develop the digital skills needed at work and beyond.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Decision Making: How to Choose the Right Problem to Solve

Course Topic

Automation, Development, Development Tools

University, College, Institution

University of Leeds

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Decision Making: How to Choose the Right Problem to Solve

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Leeds you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: University of Leeds
Topic: Business & Management, IT & Computer Science, Management & Leadership, Professional Development

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