LDRS 5340 Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Making
When faced with complex decisions, leaders often reach for analogous historical precedents to guide them. Leaders often make inferences from their own and other's experiences. While history may provide useful templates, historical reasoning is often flawed. This course is designed to help decision-makers become more attentive to the proper "uses of history" by reviewing the common traps in historical reasoning in order to help leaders prevent these pitfalls, while strengthening the ability to analyze particular situations and contexts. The course uses historical events to develop and utilize seven systematic methods for the proper use of history in decision-making.