Walker College of Business

Many business leaders assume that years of experience lead to more accurate decisions, but is this truly the case? This course will provide an overview of the evidence-based practices framework, which aims to supply managers with the tools they need to improve their decision-making strategies in a variety of organizational contexts.

This certificate includes the following courses:

Problem-solving and Decision-making

Problem solving and strategic decision-making skills are essential to the success of an organization. This course aims to provide participants with effective problem-solving techniques and allow participants the opportunity to walk through decision-making processes to generate, evaluate, and choose between different courses of action for problems relevant to their organizations.

Asking and Acquiring

There is an overwhelming amount of evidence to be considered as you approach an organizational decision. Participants will learn how to find, interpret, and appraise knowledge found within and outside of their respective organizations.

Appraising and Analytics

This course will supply participants with the skills necessary to build an effective data and analytics force within their organization, while demystifying some of the trending technological advances such as machine learning. 

Aggregating and Applying

Aggregating and Applying refers to the process by which data is put together to communicate to key stakeholders, including leadership, teams, or external consumers. Participants will learn how to facilitate successful initiatives like change management, by communicating value and measuring success through metrics like return on investment.

Assessing and Advising

This course aims to provide participants with an opportunity to utilize problem-solving techniques and to walk through decision-making processes to generate, evaluate, and choose between different courses of action for problems relevant to their organizations. Additionally, participants will learn how to translate results into actionable steps by using strategies, such as data visualization, to communicate and inform decision making processes.