Texas Executive Education

McCombs School of Business

Strategic Decision & Risk Management Certificate

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The Right Decision for Success

Successful decision-making processes are not intuitive. In order to make great, or even good, decisions under pressure, you need a structured framework. You must clarify the problem that needs to be solved, explore the available options, understand the impact of your decision, and commit to your choice with confidence.

The Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate provides you with the techniques to recognize risks from your stakeholders’ perspectives and nominatively generate better alternatives.

Overall Requirements

  • 6 credits (1-day classes = ½ credit, 2-day, and 3-day classes = 1 credit; 5-day class = 2 credits) are required to complete the certificate
  • Participants must take both required classes, a minimum of 2 of the Core classes, and may take a maximum of 2 Elective credits from the catalog
  • Classes may be taken in any order, and participants have three years to complete the requirements
  • All one through five-day courses in this brochure may be used to fulfill the electives of this certificate

Required Classes

  • Decision Quality: Make the Right Choice Every Time
  • Leading Strategic Decision Making

Core Classes (Select at least 2)

  • Decision and Risk Analysis
  • Human Biases in Decision Making: Avoiding the Traps
  • Negotiation and Collaborative Decision Making
  • Modeling and Analytics for Strategic Insight
  • Multi-Party DQ: Collaboration and Competition in Decision Making
  • Scenarios and Forecasting: Planning for Uncertainty

Suggested Electives (Select up to 2)

  • Strategic Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Predictive Analytics
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Houston C. Young
Director, Strategic and Operational Risk Management General Motors

Strategic Decision & Risk Management Certificate Classes

Advocacy, Influence and Power
Building Engagement: What Leaders Do to Manage Talent and Build Allegiance
Business Valuation
Data Analytics
Decision and Risk Analysis
Decision and Risk Analysis in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production
Decision Quality: Make the Right Choice Every Time
Design Thinking Essentials for Business
Digital Marketing Strategy and Execution
Economics & Technology of the Crude Oil, Natural Gas & LNG Value Chains
Economics & Technology of the Electric Power Value Chain
Energy Finance
Energy, Technology and Policy
Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers
Financial Strategies for Value Creation
Fostering Innovation and Creativity
Gaining & Analyzing Key Insights to Drive Innovation
Global Oil and Gas Accounting
Human Biases in Decision Making: Avoiding the Traps
Leading and Motivating Dispersed Teams
Leading Change
Leading High Performance Teams
Leading Strategic Decision Making
Managing External Stakeholder Relationships
Marketing Analytics
Mastering Ideation & Prototyping to Drive Innovation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Modeling and Analytics for Strategic Insight
Multi-Party DQ: Collaboration and Competition in Decision Making
Negotiation and Collaborative Decision Making
People Analytics: Data Driven Results
Performance Management and Control
Predictive Analytics with Machine Learning & Data Mining
Refining Your Leadership Approach and Style
Scenarios and Forecasting: Planning for Uncertainty
Storytelling to Deepen Understanding & Create Impact
Strategic Considerations for Upstream Acquisition
Strategic Management
Strategic Pricing
Supply Chain Foundations
Supply Chain Procurement and Sourcing
Supply Chain Risk
Supply Chain Sales and Operations Planning and Logistics
Upstream Asset Development and Operations

Advocacy, Influence and Power

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

01/24/22 - 01/28/22

5- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

John Daly
David Harrison
Sharon Jarvis
Gaylen Paulson

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Building Engagement: What Leaders Do to Manage Talent and Build Allegiance

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

04/26/22 - 04/27/22

2- Days

The Course will now be held in an Interactive Live Online format.

Doug Dierking
John Daly

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Data Analytics

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

05/09/22 - 05/10/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Thomas Sager
Thomas Shively

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Decision Quality: Make the Right Choice Every Time

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

On Demand

On-Demand - 60 Days to complete from time of payment.

Eric Bickel
Bruce Judd
Carl Spetzler

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04/18/22 - 04/19/22

2- Days

Hybrid Option - AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center OR "Live" Online

Eric Bickel
Bruce Judd

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Digital Marketing Strategy and Execution

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

03/24/22 - 03/25/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Christopher Aarons

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Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

02/28/22 - 03/04/22

5- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Eric Hirst
James (Jim) Nolen

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Financial Strategies for Value Creation

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

03/07/22 - 03/09/22

3- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Brazos

James (Jim) Nolen
Brian Lendecky

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

03/10/22 - 03/11/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Luis Martins
John Daly

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Human Biases in Decision Making: Avoiding the Traps

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

03/21/22 - 03/22/22

2- Days

The Course will now be held in an Interactive Live Online format.

Eric Bickel
Jennifer Meyer
Raj Raghunathan

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Leading and Motivating Dispersed Teams

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

12/02/21 - 12/03/21

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

John Daly
Doug Dierking
Deirdre Mendez

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05/24/22 - 05/25/22

2- Days

The Course will now be held in an Interactive Live Online format.

John Daly
Doug Dierking
Deirdre Mendez

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Leading Change

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

03/08/22 - 03/09/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

John Daly
Luis Martins

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Leading High Performance Teams

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

02/09/22 - 02/10/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

John Daly
Ethan Burris

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Leading Strategic Decision Making

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

On Demand

On-Demand - 60 Days to complete from time of payment.

Bruce Judd
Eric Bickel

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04/20/22 - 04/21/22

2- Days

Hybrid Option - AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center OR "Live" Online

Eric Bickel
Bruce Judd

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Marketing Analytics

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

04/12/22 - 04/13/22

2- Days

The Course will now be held in an Interactive Live Online format.

Garrett Sonnier

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Modeling and Analytics for Strategic Insight

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

On Demand

On-Demand - 60 Days to complete from time of payment.

Eric Bickel
Steven Tani

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02/14/22 - 02/15/22

2- Days

AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center 1900 University Avenue Austin, TX 78705, Room 201

Eric Bickel
Steven Tani

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Multi-Party DQ: Collaboration and Competition in Decision Making

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

06/09/22 - 06/10/22

2- Days

The Course will now be held in an Interactive Live Online format.

Eric Bickel
Dima Shamoun
Carl Spetzler

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Negotiation and Collaborative Decision Making

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

02/16/22 - 02/17/22

2- Days

AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center 1900 University Avenue Austin, TX 78705, Room 201

Gaylen Paulson
Janet Dukerich

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06/06/22 - 06/07/22

2- Days

The Course will now be held in an Interactive Live Online format.

Gaylen Paulson
Melissa Murphy

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People Analytics: Data Driven Results

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

02/03/22 - 02/04/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Ethan Burris
Christopher Patton

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Performance Management and Control

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

04/21/22 - 04/22/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

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Predictive Analytics with Machine Learning & Data Mining

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

05/11/22 - 05/12/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Maytal Saar-Tsechansky

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Refining Your Leadership Approach and Style

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

04/04/22 - 04/08/22

5- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Ethan Burris
Shefali Patil

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Strategic Management

Date
Duration
Location
Instructor

04/28/22 - 04/29/22

2- Days

Rowling Hall 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78701, Room Comal

Michael Peterson
Stephen Courter

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