Thinking, Making Decisions and Solving Problems

This book gives you everything you need to make better decisions and solve problems. It provides examples and strategies that you can apply in real-world professional and personal settings.

It's all about providing a practical framework for improving problem-solving and decision-making skills and cultivating positive habits. This was a part of a larger program called Skills for Life, and it helped people who were going through very difficult times or wanted to get better at what they do.

The material in this book will help you learn:

problem-solving and decision-making

how to avoid mind and process traps

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 book 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.

This book 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 book is for you