Yale School of Management Executive Education

Decision Making

Enhance your decision-making skills in both business and personal endeavors by gaining insight into the key drivers that influence choices.

Start date

07 May 2025

Price

$2,100 USD

Installment Plan

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Course duration

6 weeks

Excluding orientation

Language

English

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Effort

6–8 hours per week

Self-paced learning online

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Program overview

35,000

The average number of decisions a person makes every day.

CBS News (Aug, 2019).

46%

The percentage of companies that go bankrupt due to ineffective decision making by their leaders.

Psychology Today (Aug, 2019).

Duration: 6 weeks

As the world becomes increasingly complex, the choices we make have a significant impact on our personal and professional success and can shape the trajectory of our lives, careers, organizations, and even societies.

The Decision Making online program, offered by the Yale School of Management Executive Education, equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary to make sound decisions across any setting. Led by distinguished faculty, you will gain insight into the psychological and behavioral factors, biases, regulations, and shortcuts that underlie the decision-making process. Additionally, you will examine the fundamental elements of decision making — context, uncertainty, and time — to enhance your ability to evaluate your decisions and make more informed choices, regardless of your circumstances.

Is this program for you?

This program is designed to assist individuals seeking to hone their decision-making skills. It would prove particularly advantageous to senior leaders and decision-makers who frequently encounter problems in challenging and ambiguous situations. In addition, professionals from diverse industries, including those in fast-paced fields like marketing, finance, IT, and business development, would find the program content beneficial. Those interested in gaining insight into making better decisions in their personal lives would also discover considerable value in this program.

Program overview

Duration: 6 weeks

What will set you apart

On completion of this course, you’ll walk away with:

The ability to make more effective decisions both personally and professionally.

An understanding of how and why decisions are made, by you and by others.

The knowledge to analyze decisions and avoid common decision-making pitfalls.

Unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.

Program curriculum

Delve into the underlying factors that shape decision making as you work through the weekly modules of this online program.

Orientation module

Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1

Principles of decision making

Module 2

Context and choice in decision making

Module 3

Context and decision rules

Module 4

Decision making under risk and uncertainty

Module 5

Time in decision making

Module 6

Integrating context, uncertainty, and time

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Program Convener

The design of this online program is guided by the Yale SOM faculty and industry experts who will share their experience and in-depth subject knowledge with you throughout the program.

Professor Gal Zauberman

Joseph F Cullman 3rd Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management

About the certificate

Get recognized for your expertise when you earn an official certificate of participation from the Yale SOM Executive Education.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the program handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the program.

Your digital certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Yale SOM Executive Education Decision Making online program certificate

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