Cambridge Judge Business School

Strategic Decision-Making for Leaders

Cambridge Judge Business School

Managing Organisations

About Programme

Strategic decision making is dominated by uncertainty. In a competitive market, where you must discern the behaviour of both competitor and customer, strategic decisions can be misaligned and break down. Individuals can be overwhelmed by uncertainty and perceived risk, and groups and organisations by decision-makers’ personal bias [derived from social interactions and cultural assumptions].

But effective decision-making can be learned. Blending theory and practice, Strategic Decision-Making for Leaders offers new approaches to fit the complexities of these situations. Learn to think strategically in highly interactive markets. Gain research-based insights into the psychology behind people’s behaviour. Improve the quality of your strategic decisions, manage unknowns and influence the social and behavioural dynamics within organisations.

Manage ambiguity, understand group dynamics and assess market environments.

Programme Content

Module 1: Individual level of decision making

Understand the standard approaches to decision-making and learn to cope with uncertainty.
Use practical reasoning strategies and de-biasing techniques to improve strategic decision-making.
Adopt approaches to deal with “unknown unknowns” and “Black Swans”.

Module 2: Group and organisational level of decision making

Learn about the social character of human intelligence.
Understand the essence of culture as social learning.
Explore how to guide culture.
Identify a small number of key social dynamics and influence them in ways that positively affect groups and organisations when making decisions.

Module 3: The market level of decision making

Understand the importance of strategic intelligence in a competitive marketplace.
Succeed in a competitive market environment using tools such as judo strategy.
Apply behavioural insights to influence people using tools such as nudge strategies.

Programme Audience

Strategic Decision-Making for Leaders is for:

senior to mid-level leaders of major corporations and public policy making bodies
senior leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises
startup founders

Programme Benefits

Benefits for you
Improve the quality of your decision-making.
Discover how to manage “unknown unknowns” and “Black Swans” – unpredictable events with potentially severe consequences.
Apply behavioural insights to influence social dynamics in your organisation.
Learn to make strategic decisions in a competitive market environment.
Understand and apply practical tools and techniques designed to improve the quality of your decision making at each level.
Gain a digital certificate of completion from Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education.
Benefits for your organisation
Equip your senior managers and leadership team to make better strategic decisions.
Position your organisation to utilise tools like Judo and Nudge strategies more effectively.
Ensure your organisation can compete in a competitive marketplace.

Testimonials

"The Strategic Decision-Making for Leaders programme addresses the decision making challenges that organisational leaders face at 3 levels: the individual level; the group and organisational level; and the market level. Your learning journey will involve examining decision making issues at all three levels and learning how to manage them with different frameworks and tools. We will draw upon lessons learned from multiple contexts, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the ever-rising concerns for environmental, social, and governance issues. Through simulations, exercises, cases, videos, and lectures, the programme will draw out learnings that you can apply when making decisions in your organisation, your team, and by yourself."

Professor Vincent Mak

Academic Programme Director

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+91 9403890085[email protected]Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm IST

Cambridge Judge Business School

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