Decision-Making in the Age of BIG-DATA - July '22 Remote Chapter Meeting
Decision-Making in the Age of BIG-DATA
This 90 min. webinar provides an insight into the Perils and Pitfalls we face when making decisions in the age of big-data. Attendees will learn about decision-contamination, and decision-manipulation, and how to remedy this situation.
Decisions pertaining to recruiting, site selection, bid evaluation, procurement, etc., are driven by multiple criteria. Selection of relevant criteria, and determining their relative significance, is a challenge. The XpertUS Multi-Criteria decision-making software tool is ideal for determining the optimum decision, and also for subsequent sensitivity studies (decision-validation).
After this workshop participants will be able to:
∙ Recognize human irrationality and illusions that creep into decision making, and put multi-dimensional, real-world problems into proper perspective.
∙ Understand key factors that impact decision making.
∙ Master the skill of making optimal decisions with greater speed, accuracy, and confidence.
∙ Present and defend decisions with ease.
∙ Understand the difference between problem solving and decision making.
∙ Define and utilize appropriate criteria in the decision-making process.
∙ Implement an analytic hierarchal methodology when making decisions.
∙ Minimize risk by validating decisions.
Why you should you attend? Check out this video
About the Speaker
Dr. Wirasinghe is the author of the books “The Art of Making Decisions”; “The Decision-Making Handbook”, and “The Negotiator’s Handbook”. He is also the developer of the XpertUS Decision Support System. He has trained several Fortune 500 companies, the US Navy, and is also an adjunct professor at the University of Houston’s MBA program.
He started life as a Mechanic, and went on to become an Oil & Gas Engineer, Research Scientist, University Professor, Management Consultant, and Director of a Public Utility (water District). He also owned several retail stores, and founded a leasing company.
Graduating as Valedictorian at Teesside University, U.K. in Mechanical Engineering, he went on to obtain his Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics, having won a scholarship from the prestigious “Confederation of British Industries”.
Dr. Wirasinghe has published papers on topics relating to Management, Engineering and Economics. He has carved out a niche as a “decision-maker” and a “creative-thinker”, to shatter the myth and math of decision-making.
He has lived, worked and trained professionals in Asia, Mid-East, Europe, North America and South America. Working for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., Petroleos de Venezuela, British Gas, Enron Corp., and the University of Zulia, where he lectured in Spanish.
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