Training for Elected Leadership - The Councillor as Decision-maker (HABITAT, 1994, 22 p.): Part II. Workshop on the councillor as decision-maker: 3.2 Trainer presentation

Training for Elected Leadership - The Councillor as Decision-maker (HABITAT, 1994, 22 p.)

(introduction...)

Foreword

How to use this handbook

Part I. Essay on the councillor as decision-maker

Definition

Summary

Reflection

Concepts and ideas

Be rational!

Problem identification

Awareness and vision

Reflection

Problems, symptoms and solutions

Talk to your problem

Further analysis

Quality and acceptance

Consequences

What about group decision-making?

Reflection

Other decision traps

Making decisions in uncertainty

Key points

References

Part II. Workshop on the councillor as decision-maker

Overview

3.1 Warm-up exercise: decision preferences checklist

3.2 Trainer presentation

3.3 Exercise: good and bad decisions

3.4 Simulation: the allocation decision

3.5 Case study: a central bus park for Rumai

3.6 Skill transfer exercise

3.2 Trainer presentation

Time required: 30 minutes

Objective

This presentation is to provide participants with ideas and perspectives on the decision-maker role and a conceptual foundation they can use for the individual and group exercises included in this workshop.

Process

Prepare the presentation based on information from the preceding essay on the decision-maker-role. Emphasize how decisions are made, stages in the process, barriers to decision-making and how council members can be more effective decision-makers.

Outlined information on note cards may help you cover the information systematically and stay on schedule. Ask questions from time to time during the presentation as a check on participant comprehension and to hold their attention. Augment the presentation with visual aids including pre-printed newsprint sheets and overhead transparencies as a further aid to comprehension