CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP WISDOM

Course Description

This course aims to furnish the students with the tools to analyze, evaluate and improve thinking skills. The most significant variable in determining success or failure is the quality of thinking and it is an indispensable trait for any advance academic study. Based on this perspective students will be encouraged to examine their thinking patterns and put it to some stern tests. After covering standards of thinking and advance thinking techniques, attention will be focused on managerial judgment and leadership wisdom. Managerial judgment and decision making based on wise leadership gained paramount importance in the ever changing and extremely complex environment of our times.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP WISDOM

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

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Course outcomes

1. 01 1- Identifying and ordering of basics of Criticfal Thinking Skills. (Solo 2)
2. 02 2- Debating and theorizing managerial judgment processes and problematics. (Solo 5)
3. 03 3- Evaluating and validating the difences between management and leadership. (Solo 5)
4. 04 4- Discusing and generalizing basic approches to organizational change related with leadership theories. (Solo 5)
5. 05 5- Synthesizing Leadership Wisdom to deal with uncertainities and wicked problems of business landscape. (Solo 5)
6. 06 TOTAL SOLO 5,50

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Critical Thinking, Paul & Elder, 3rd Edition, 2012, PEARSON
2. 02 Handbook of Organiational and Managerial Wisdom, Kessler & Bailey, 2007, SAGE
3. 03 The Scientific Approach to Wisdom, Trowbridge, 2005, (PhD Thesis)

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1- Understanding the basics of Criticfal Thinking Skills.
2. L02 2- Managerial Judgment processes and Problematics.
3. L03 3- Difences between Management and Leadership.
4. L04 4- Leadership and change.
5. L05 5- Leadership Wisdom to deal with uncertainities and wicked problems of business landscape.

Program Outcomes

1. P01 PO1 Become competent in searching and comprehending the relevant academic articles, interpreting the information learnt or obtained via various channels and absorbing exceptional knowledge in their field.
2. P02 PO2 Devoted themselves to be a qualified researcher and knowledge worker in their field all throughout their life and career.
3. P03 PO3 Demonstrated that they developed their individual capabilities through written projects, assignments and presentations that they will independently implement both in academia and work contexts.
4. P04 PO4 Gained key practical skills and knowledge which need to be implemented in their own research and business work environment.
5. P05 PO5 Been able to implement critical and analytical thinking and analyses into their studies, research and work.
6. P06 PO6 Become proficient in adopting the gained knowledge into practice and research in a critical, and analytical way.
7. P07 PO7 Become experts in using information technology tools for their studies, research and workplace in an ethical and safely environment by sharing and transferring their knowledge.
8. P08 PO8 Succeeded in working, researching and forming partnerships with their colleagues/team members in a global environment.
9. P09 PO9 Proved themselves capable of disseminating and sharing knowledge, sustainingly communicating with others, in any global workplace or research setting.
10. P10 PO10 Become capable of interpreting and transferring their qualified knowledge into practice and research.
11. P11 PO11 Dedicated themselves to applying advanced academic studies and enrolled themselves in work or non-work projects related to environmental approaches and ethical issues.

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