Shanmar Inc. offers a variety of products and services. >>> TAKE THE ONLINE COURSE AND RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF THE XPERTUS SOFTWARE Instructor-Led Training Courses Our instructor-led classroom based class is primarily presented by Dr. Errol Wirasinghe. Our 7-hour course is approved by several organizations for "continuing education credits". Shorter version of this course can be customized to suit your particular needs. E-Learning Courses The latest addition to our portfolio of Products & Services is our E-Learning Course. This contains voice narrations to guide the students. You can take this course in your own time, at your home! This course is approved by several organizations for "continuing education credits". Please email us to see if our course is approved by your organization. Course for high-school students. Sadly we ship-out our high-schoolers to colleges, and to the work-places, with no training in the area of decision-making. This is a travesty! We are failing in our duty to our youngsters. Shanmar has developed a very special program for high-school students. Web Seminars We have the capability to deliver a web-based training course, if you so desire. Our 7-hr comprehensive course which consists of: Session 1: The "Ego" Buster, breaking down resistance to change (60 min.) We are in the age of information overload; We humans are highly subjective; Rarely, if ever do we seek the optimum solution; A good decision must be: Reliable, Consistent and Timely; Decision-making is fraught with risks and uncertainties; Even quantitative data, require qualitative transformation; The human mind is limited to 7 +/- 2 items; You need a different focus to solve your own problems; Experts have more data than judgment; Decision-making is unique to each individual. Session 2: Decision-Making fundamentals (60 min.) Planning requires you to make decisions at every level; Clarity of objective is the starting point in decision-making; We have many inherent traits/limitation; We are challenged by a multitude of external factors; Culture is probably most significant trait; Information is subject to interpretation. Session 3: Criteria, Candidates and the "pairwise" technique (60 min.) All decisions are governed by a set of criteria and candidates; Criteria - "more is not better"; Criteria segregation: Prerequisites; Obligatory and Desirables; Do not pre-assign criteria weights; Do not use the matrix method, it is seriously flawed; Group comparison is highly subjective and inconsistent; The "pairwise" technique is easy, reliable and consistent; The 7-step method will guide you to the optimum decision. Session 4: Consolidation and The XpertUS technique (60 min.) Individuals in a team make often decisions. Consolidating such decisions requires a structured methodology. XpertUS provides for consolidating decisions. Additionally it is ideal for "what-if" scenario studies. Session 5: Creative Thinking (90 min.) . Creativity is finding plausible solutions; Decision-making is identifying the optimum; Brainstorming is not focus groups; Our creative abilities have been destroyed - through conformity; Use the Aim-Preset technique to identify solutions; Beware! Your creative ideas will be ridiculed. Session 6: Implementation (30 min.) The urgent vs. the important; Timing; Tenacious persistence Session 7: Strategic Planning, Management and Negotiating (60 min.) Managers do things right; Leaders do the right thing; Learn about the "cows" and the "seals". Strategic vs. Tactical Planning; Negotiating and major flawed philosophies. Each session contains problems, which the students are required to solve.