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Course Description

This course equips professionals with practical techniques to manage daily workloads and apply structured critical thinking to workplace problems. Participants learn to prioritize tasks efficiently, analyze complex situations without bias, and make sound operational decisions. Professionals gain actionable strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve overall productivity.

Course Objectives

  • Identify core time management blockers and cognitive biases in decision-making​
  • Apply prioritization frameworks to manage competing tasks and deadlines
  • Analyze complex problems using structured critical thinking tools
  • Evaluate multiple solutions against objective criteria to make effective decisions
  • Develop a personalized weekly schedule integrating productivity habits

Who Should Attend?

Corporate professionals, team leads, and administrative staff seeking to improve daily efficiency and decision-making capabilities.

Course Agenda

Day 1 – Foundations of Time Management

  • Auditing current time usage and identifying major productivity drains
  • Applying the Eisenhower Matrix to separate urgent tasks from important ones
  • Setting SMART goals and establishing daily working rhythms
  • Minimizing workplace distractions and managing digital interruptions
  • Hands-on: Conduct a personal time audit and categorize a simulated backlog of tasks using the Eisenhower Matrix.

Day 2 – Introduction to Critical Thinking

  • Recognizing common cognitive biases and logical fallacies in daily work
  • Framing problems accurately to identify root causes rather than symptoms
  • Gathering and evaluating relevant information objectively
  • Asking probing questions to test assumptions and premises
  • Hands-on: Analyze a complex operational case study to separate symptoms from root causes and list underlying assumptions.

Day 3 – Advanced Decision-Making and Action Planning

  • Using decision matrices and weighted scoring to evaluate alternative
  • Balancing speed and analytical rigor under tight deadlines
  • Communicating decisions clearly to stakeholders and team members
  • Course wrap-up, Q&A, and personal action planning for ongoing practice
  • Hands-on: Complete a simulated crisis scenario requiring rapid prioritization and reasoned decision-making, followed by a personal action plan review.

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.