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Problem Solving and

Decision Making Performance

 

 

 

 

Program  Outlines:

 

Introductions, objectives, agenda

Learning Style Inventory

Scoring and interpretation

Practical application in problem solving

Define a “problem”

Describe the “ideal” problem solver

Identify the types of problems encountered

The Problem Solving Model

Define the problem

  • Perception

  • Definition

  • Analysis

Generate alternatives

Brainstorming

Checkerboard

  • Adapt or build on the past

  • Evaluate options

  • Criteria checkerboard
     

Evaluate options

Sort by category

Rank order

Advantages/disadvantages

Pros/cons

What I like

Select the final solution

Consensus

Straw voting

Multi-voting

Negative voting

Revisiting earlier

Problem-Solving Outcomes

  • Win/lose

  • Lose/lose

  • Win/win

Other problem solving techniques

Legitimize problems

Best/worst/most probable

Problems as Given/Problems as Understood

Is/Is not

Diagram/Fishbone

Basic Questions

Break into components

Force field analysis

Ask an expert

Types of Decisions

  • Autocratic

  • Consultative

  • Group

Guidelines for making good decisions

Making bad decisions

Evaluations