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Professional decision management in an agile environment

How to systematically increase the quality of decisions in your company

This training is held in German.
Hundreds of decisions have to be made every day at work. A whole range of very different reasons can lead to poor or even wrong decisions, sometimes with serious negative consequences. Dynamic conditions require agile yet well-considered decisions that are supported by the workforce. The training gives participants a sound insight into how decisions work and a tried-and-tested guide for the structured development of a decision-making system to sustainably increase the quality of decisions.

Contents

Introduction to decision management

  • What makes good decisions?
  • Typical shortcomings and sources of error in decision-making.
  • Potential damage due to wrong decisions.
  • The conditions for professional decision-making.
  • To ensure the rationality of decisions.

 

Decision-making tools - strategic and operational

  • Which recurring strategic and operational issues require which decision-making tools?
  • Strategic decision-making tools such as portfolio techniques.
  • Contribution margin accounting for product, customer, market and business unit decisions.
  • Criteria-based decision-making techniques.
  • Investment decisions.
  • Value driver models and simulation methods for sensitivity analysis.
  • Make-or-buy decisions.

 

The decision-making process

  • Decision-making process in 10 steps.
  • Anticipate decision-making situations.
  • Optimization of decision-making processes.
  • Who should be involved in decisions and how?
  • Management of decision boards.
  • Legally compliant preparation of decisions in accordance with the Business Judgement Rules.
  • Application of different decision-making modes - criteria-based/democratic/consensual/consultative/hierarchical.
  • Automated decisions.
  • Application of algorithms and simulation tools for decision-making.

 

Decision-making skills - deriving the right decisions from available information

  • Which skills are appropriate for decision makers?
  • controllers in the business partner role and as a consultant in the decision-making process.
  • Dealing with cognitive distortions and shadow goals.
  • Lessons learned from wrong decisions?

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

The participants this seminar ...

... learn how an individual manager and, above all, how the "company system" can be put in a position to make the right decisions in the long term.

... train how to achieve clearly defined decision-making processes with the help of control tools and organizational requirements adapted to the situation.

... are provided with practical examples, tools, checklists and processes, instruments and methods that can be used immediately to help them make rapid improvements in their own company.

... learn how the quality of group decisions can be improved.

... get a glimpse of where the journey of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making will take us.

Methods

Training with workshop character, trainer input, group work on case studies, best-practice examples, software application, exchange of experience

Recommended for

The training is aimed at

  • Entrepreneurs, managers and junior managers.
  • Advisory board members and supervisory board members.
  • controllers and management consultants.
  • Other (co-decision makers and interested parties.

 

Previous knowledge required? 

Several years of professional experience in a decision-relevant function/role are an advantage but not a requirement.

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4.5
Content comprehensibility:
4.8
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Trainer expertise:
5
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Booking number
41020
€ 1.640,- plus VAT
2 days
in 3 locations
3 Events
German
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05.06.2025
Berlin
Booking number: 41020
€ 1.640,- plus VAT.
€ 1,951.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
centrovital Hotel
centrovital Hotel
Brauereihof 6, 13585 Berlin
Room rate: € 126,16 plus VAT.
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Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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2 days

Thursday, 05.06.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 06.06.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
05.11.2025
Munich
Booking number: 41020
€ 1.640,- plus VAT.
€ 1,951.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Courtyard&Residence Inn Munich City East
Courtyard&Residence Inn Munich City East
Orleansstrasse 81-83, 81667 Munich
Room rate: € 140,73 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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2 days

Wednesday, 05.11.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 06.11.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
05.02.2026
Berlin
Booking number: 41020
€ 1.640,- plus VAT.
€ 1,951.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel Palace Berlin
Hotel Palace Berlin
Budapester Straße 45, 10787 Berlin
Room rate: € 148,59 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days

Thursday, 05.02.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 06.02.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
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Booking number: 41020
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Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Booking number: 41020
€ 1.640,- plus VAT.
€ 1,951.60 incl. VAT.
Details
2 days
Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
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