CRITICAL THINKING FOR MANAGERS

Course Description

This course aims to develop students’ abilities and skills to think critically, to respect others’ points of view and also to analyze and direct academic arguments. In this course students are also directed to raise questions and analyze the scientific texts logically and critically. The course guides the students to conduct a critical analysis of what they read and also provide them with opportunities to practice and develop their skills by writing their reflections on the materials studied and the progress of their own learning. Moreover, the course will help students learn how to identify and analyze problems academically and offer appropriate and scientific alternative suggestions for solving such problems.

CRITICAL THINKING FOR MANAGERS

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Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Critical Thinking, Paul & Elder, 3rd Edition, 2012, PEARSON
2. 02 Critical Thinking, Alex Fisher, (2e), CAMBRIDGE, 2011
3. 03 PPTs, Articles, and other materials forwarded on Moodle

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Identifying the basic conceps of critical thinking. SOLO 3
2. L02 Learning to design a winning case SOLO 5
3. L03 Categorizing the structures of argumentation SOLO 4
4. L04 Assesing and developing framing concepts SOLO 5
5. L05 Debating and discussing Fallacies SOLO 6

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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