DYNM 603: Administrative Decision Making and Problem Solving

Program Information

This is a graduate course that satisfies the following requirements:

Session Information

This course starts on 01/19/2010 during the Spring 2010 Semester.

Course Information

The information on this page is intended only to provide, as is available, a summary of the course objectives, requirements, and readings. Please refer to the full course syllabus for more details.

Description

How do you make important decisions when confronted with organizational, social, or personal problems? Is your primary approach to use a strategic process? How many strategies do you know and use?

In this course participants will learn to: understand and apply normative ("ideal") strategies for decision making/problem solving; understand and use descriptive ("everyday") and prescriptive ("improved") strategies and processes for decision making/problem solving; understand the differences between individual and group decision making/problem solving; understand how conflict, leadership, and gender influence decision making/problem solving; write papers that demonstrate understanding and application of decision-making and problem solving strategies.

Student Comments

Watch the video to hear our students' experiences in this course.

Readings

Readings will be provided to all students and are assigned from:

Harrison, E.F. The Managerial Decision-Making Process, 1999.	Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, 1997.	Bulkpack

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