You make thousands of decisions every day. Learn to avoid uncertainty, manage risk, and account for probability in each choice.
6 weeks, excluding
orientation
6–8 hours per week,
entirely online
Weekly modules,
flexible learning
1
An understanding of the behavioral and cognitive principles of effective decision making for personal and professional contexts.
2
The ability to analyze decisions through the lenses of context, uncertainty, and time, while avoiding common pitfalls, using expert insights, models, and frameworks.
3
Knowledge of common heuristics, bias, and rules that influence decisions, and the skills to manage uncertainty and risk in the decision-making process.
4
A broadened perspective of decision making in business and beyond, as part of a global network of like-minded professionals.*
*Upon successful completion of your program, you’ll gain access to the exclusive Yale School of Management Executive Education group on LinkedIn.
Over the duration of this online program, you’ll work through the following modules:
Module 1
Principles of decision making
Understand the behavior and cognitive processes involved in making decisions.
Module 2
Context and choice in decision making
Explore the roles of reference points, opportunity, and constraint in decision making.
Module 3
Context and decision rules
Learn about heuristics and biases, and decision rules.
Module 4
Decision making under risk and uncertainty
Explore the ways in which risk and uncertainty affect decision making.
Module 5
Time in decision making
Explore the ways in which time shapes decisions.
Module 6
Integrating context, uncertainty, and time
Use the three pillars as lenses for analyzing multiple dimensions of decisions.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during program development.
Professor Gal Zauberman
Joseph F Cullman 3rd Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management
Professor Zauberman studies consumer judgment and decision making, time in decisions, financial decision making, and memory for emotions and choice. His research has received international media coverage, including in the New York Times and the Scientific American. He has also won numerous awards, including the William O’Dell and the Paul Green best paper awards, and the 2007 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Consumer Psychology.
This Yale SOM Executive Education online program is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. Join a growing community of global professionals, and benefit from the opportunity to:
Gain invaluable competencies and recognition from an international selection of universities and institutions, online and in your own time.
Enjoy a personalized, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.
Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.