Objectives

1. To ensure attendees understand the concepts and principles of sound decision-making and how evidence can inform decision-making and provide support for recommendations to executive management.

2. To demonstrate how the scientific method can be used to formulate and test hypotheses and to structure issues and problems.

3. To inform attendees about how quantitative methods and technology can be used to find relevant data and other forms of evidence and analyze alternative strategies.

4. To demonstrate how statistical techniques can be applied to common problems.

5. To engage attendees in applying evidence using case studies.

Outline

Day 1

I. Sound Decision-Making

• Defining issues/problems

• Identifying alternative approaches to finding solutions

• Structuring the decision-making process

• Determining what evidence is required for making informed decisions

II. Finding and Analyzing Evidence

• Identifying sources of relevant and usable data

• Turning data into information

• Tools for data analysis

• Incorporating qualitative evidence into the analysis

• Formulating conclusions based on evidence

III. Developing and Presenting Recommendations

Day 2

I. Applying Evidence To Decision-Making

II. Finding and evaluating relevant evidence

• Data

• Professional knowledge

• Judgment/ingenuity

III. Analyzing evidence

• Data analytics

• Artificial intelligence

• Benchmarking

IV. Basing recommendations on evidence

Who should attend

• HR practitioners and managers at all levels; Management personnel responsible for global/diverse workforces.

Methodology

• Presentations
• Exercises
• Case Studies
• Discussion