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Lessons From Mount Everest: A Manager’s Guide to Agile Decision-Making in a High-Stakes Environment
Dr. Raj Basu — Management faculty in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University
This three to four-hour case study uses the dramatic context of a Mount Everest expedition to reinforce learn- ing in group dynamics and leadership. Participants are divided into teams and play different roles on a team of hikers attempting to summit the mountain. A minimum of 15 participants is suggested. Participants must communicate and analyze the information as a team to reach the top. Participants will learn how to build, par- ticipate in, and lead teams more effectively. This seminar is sponsored by the Department of Management and the Center for Executive and Professional Development in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. Participants earn 0.3 to 0.4 con- tinuing education units (CEUs) upon completion of this seminar depending on the length.
» KORN FERRY COMPETENCIES Action oriented | Collaborates | Manages complexity | Decision quality | Builds effective teams
SEMINAR OUTLINE
I. Decision-making A. Learn how a team can improve the ways it makes collective decisions B. How decision-making can be impaired by cognitive biases II. Group dynamics A. Solving problems within a team B. How members with different information and opposing interests affects a team III. Leadership A. Build, participate in, and lead teams more effectively B. How different leadership approaches affect team performance IV. Strategy
A. Short-term task completion B. Long-term team effectiveness
The Center for the Future of Work in the OSU Spears School of Business offers various certificate programs and customized professional development.
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