Overview
Learn how to find, analyze and transform information to build better strategies and make more effective decisions with AMA’s Analytical Skills courses.
This AMA-2558: Analytical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making seminar introduces you to fundamental thinking processes so that you can successfully analyze and solve a wide variety of business problems. Get these essential analytical thinking and problem-solving skills now to give yourself a powerful competitive and career advantage.
Skills Covered
- Develop more clarity around possible solutions
- Avoid emotional triggers that can impede your best thinking
- Generate and test solutions to atypical problems
- Interpret probability to increase confidence in your decision
- Negotiate among variables and conditions
- Recognize the difference between rationality of purpose and rationality of process
Who Should Attend
Any individual who wants to be better equipped to face and solve today’s complex business problems by using a foundational process for reasoning and problem solving.
Course Curriculum
Course Modules
- Describe the Science Behind How the Brain Works When Analyzing a Typical Decision
- Recognize the Importance of Analytical Thinking in Business
- Define Three Key Analytical Reasoning Skills: Assessing Patterns, Recognizing Probabilities, and Thinking Hypothetically
- Describe the Three Subskills Associated with the Analytical Reasoning Skill of Assessing Patterns
- Distinguish Between Three Common Information Patterns
- Explain How Recognizing Patterns Can Increase the Efficiency of Decision Making
- Describe Three Subskills Associated with the Analytical Reasoning Skill of Recognizing Probabilities
- Discuss How Your Personal Judgment About the Likelihood of an Outcome May Influence Your Ability to Solve Problems
- Identify Implicit Probabilities to Assess the Level of Risk Within a Given Situation
- Assess the Frequency of Specific Occurrences
- Explain How Probability Judgments Can Help You Work Within Multiple Constraints When Problem Solving
- Distinguish Between Inductive and Deductive Thinking
- Create a Hypothesis That Will Lead to Developing Decision Alternatives
- Use Counterfactual Thinking to Test Your Hypothesis
- Assess When You Do Not Have Enough Information to Form a Complete Hypothesis
- Apply All Three Bundles of Analytical Thinking (A-R-T) Skills to Real Business Scenarios
- Enhance the Ability to See the Relevance of Analytical Reasoning Skills for Day-to-Day Work
- Gain Greater Facility with Analytical Reasoning Skills By Practicing Them
- Define What a Decision Is and How Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making Are Related
- Distinguish Between Two Types of Decisions—Simple and Complex
- Become Familiar with Three Decision Analysis Tools—Decision Worksheets, Decision Trees, and Force Field Analysis
- Recognize How Values and Experience Inform Our Perceptions
- Identify Your Personal Decision-Making Preferences
- Identify Others’ Personal Decision-Making Preferences
- Explain How Group Decision Making Differs from Individual Decision Making
- Identify Personal Attitudes Toward Decision Making
- Articulate the Common Reasons for Decision Avoidance
- Describe the Key Cause of Decisions Made in Haste—Overconfidence
- Apply Techniques to Avoid the Most Common Pitfalls of Decision Making
- Describe the “Dual Process” of Decision Making
- Define Personal Judgment (Heuristics)
- Identify Your Personal Heuristics (Rules of Thumb)
- Apply Four Techniques to Sharpen Personal Judgment
- Explain the Impact of Emotion on Personal Judgment
- Understand Your Organizational Context and How This Impacts Your Decision Making
- Apply Interpersonal and Communication Skills to Convey Your Decision with Maximum Impact
- Anticipate Pitfalls You May Encounter with Analytical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Create an Action Plan for Developing Analytical, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making Skills
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Training Options
- VILT: Virtual Instructor-Led Training
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Exam & Certification
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Training & Certification Guide
AMA-2006: Advanced Tools and Techniques for Data Analysis
Manipulate complex data sets to gain deeper insights and make better decisions
This 2-day advanced analytics seminar will introduce you to predictive analytics techniques, so you can frame strategic and operational questions involving marketing, finance, and operations or other real-world business applications.
AMA-2162: Developing Your Analytical Skills: How to Research and Present Information
Quickly synthesize qualitative data, determine implications, and make informed decisions.
In this course, you’ll learn the basics to implement a process for data analysis that ensures you’re focusing on the most critical information, involving the right people, and conveying your message in terms your audiences will understand.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A member of AMA’s expert faculty of business professionals will lead your seminar. Beyond our course leaders’ experience in business training, they are specially trained to present AMA’s high-quality content in an engaging, live online format.
- Industry-leading, instructor-led training built on years of precedent and proven effective
- Small class size with peer interaction in both classroom and live online formats
- Expert faculty of leading business practitioners to guide participants in applying skills
- Content and learning solutions for every level of employee to ensure ongoing development
- Full range of training formats including classroom, live online and corporate learning
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Learn with the guidance of our renowned faculty and top business authorities and using fully interactive technology. AMA virtual training experiences will keep you engaged, provide you with insightful feedback and foster accountability. You’ll get practical skills you can apply immediately on the job—thus helping to ensure a meaningful ROI for your organization.
