Using soft skills in non-formal education Understanding decision making

Decision making : Introduction Welcome Combination Individual exercise Team exercises YES / NO game for teams

1. Project Planning Exercise

ACTIVITY 1: PROJECT PLANNING EXERCISE Individual and team exercise The situation The task

INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE Rank management activities from I to XV

TEAM EXERCISE Rank management activities from I to XV Transfer expert’s ranking Calculations Individual ranking versus expert’s ranking Team ranking versus expert’s ranking Average indivual score

Average Individual Score Group score Average Individual Score Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6

2. Reflecting focus on decision making process

ACTIVITY 2: REFLECTING ON DECISION MAKING PROCESS Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

3. Various apects and processes of decision making

ACTIVITY 3: VARIOUS ASPECTS AND PROCESSES OF DECISION MAKING Decision = choice between actions No standard procedures Some important features Speed of the decision making process Degree of rationality Degree of acceptance

SIX ELEMENTS IN DECISION MAKING Decision-maker Goals to be served Preference of value system Strategies States of nature Outcome

SEVEN STEPS IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS Analyse Collect facts Analyse factors New ways to tackle Look alternatives Decide action Follow up

CONCLUSION DECISION MAKING Style of decision making – type of leadership Scientific decision theories – situational needs Difficulty factors not controlled by the decision- maker Decision-maker can only decide on available information, accumulated experience, etc. Decision making is both scientific process and a delicate art

Decision making closing activity VISUALISATION