Public Sector Decision Making
Seminar
Canberra: Friday 16 February
2007, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Ball Solutions Group House, 80 Northbourne
Avenue, Canberra
Hear
the latest world leading academic research in applied
decision-theory from the London
School of Economics – helping public sector and commercial
organisations deal with complex decisions and deliver better value for money.
Bob
Kitchen, a leading
British decision analysis
consultant, is speaking in Australia
for a limited time.
Bob, and other leading experts, will
discuss proven techniques to aid the decision-making
process. Case studies from UK national and local
goverment will be presented.
This
complimentary event is open to public sector organisation
executives.
Why learn about
decision making?
Best
practice decision making enables effective
decisions:
- Make
the “best” decisions possible from clearly identified multiple
options
- Obtain
best value from limited resources
- Build
commitment - engage stakeholders in decision-making processes
- Prioritise
budgets
- Build
and deliver transparent
and auditable decision-making processes that stand the
test of post-decision scrutiny
Improved
approaches to decision making help people and organisations arrive
at a shared understanding of issues, develop a sense of common
purpose and achieve commitment to
action.
About
Catalyze and Bob
Kitchen: Bob is a leading British consultant in decision analysis and is the
founder and Chief Executive of Catalyze. Catalyze
are appliynig the latest research in decision analysis from the
London School of Economics and pioneering the use of
'decision conferencing” a form of management decision
making.
What
others think about decision making:
“Working with Catalyze and their decision analysis techniques has
helped 3M manage the complex challenge of prioritising and balancing
our strategic plan...I can recommend that you look into these
techniques to see how they might help you with the complex decisions
your business faces”
Chuck
Kummeth, VP Medical Division, 3M Global
“Our conclusion is that the MCDA
[Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, the basis for Decision
Conferencing] was valid, had value and can make a significant
contribution to the decision making” and "The MCDA plenary was
very well managed and the software used was helpful for both CoRWM
and the audience"
Faulkland Associates independent
report on UK DEFRA's Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
decision process for waste
disposal
About
the Seminar series: This
event is being organised by Catalyze as part of a series addressing
consultants, the business community and the public sector. The
seminars will be held in Sydney,
Canberra, Auckland and Wellington following the International Decision
Conferencing Forum in Sydney 12-14 Feb 2007.
Catalyze,
a UK-based decision analysis consultancy have recently set up an
Asia-Pacific office based in Auckland
and Sydney. See www.catalyze.co.uk.
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