<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/graduate-programs/mba-masters-degree-program/blog/week-4-walton-mba-mastering-decision-making.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><title>Week 4 in the Walton MBA: Mastering Decision-Making</title><description>This week, our focus is on effective decision-making. Experienced leaders sometimes make poor choices, often due to four common cognitive biases: Confirmation Bias, Anchoring Bias, Availability Bias or Sunk Cost Bias.</description><pubDate>09/08/2025</pubDate><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/news/posts/images/Waller-MBA-week4-2025web.jpg" alt="This week, our focus is on effective decision-making.  This is a leadership behavior that often separates strong leaders from struggling ones."/></image><author>Matt Waller</author><tags><tag>mba</tag></tags></item>