User:Jukeboksi/BBA studies/The Developing Professional

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    Problem-based learning

    Much of the course is taught using the w:Problem-based learning ( w:fi:Ongelmalähtöinen oppiminen ) pedagogical approach/method.

    Developing professional is aware of the patterns and dynamics of w:organizational behaviour.

    Communication, culture & complexity

    w:Marshall McLuhan - communication theorist who coined the saying "World has become a village." in 1960.

    In sociology, w:social stratification is a concept involving the "classification of people into groups based on shared socio-economic conditions ... a relational set of inequalities with economic, social, political and ideological dimensions."

    w:Social mobility is the movement of individuals or groups in social position over time.

    Organizational analysis

    • w:SWOT analysis ( Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats ) S and W are internal and O and T are external
    • w:PEST analysis ( Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis ) known as PESTEL ( PEST + Environmental + Legal )in course slides

    Psychometrics

    Follwing psychometric personality tests are taken on course:

    Communication

    w:Proxemics is a subcategory of the study of w:nonverbal communication along with

    • haptics (touch)
    • kinesics (body movement)
    • vocalics (w:paralanguage) and
    • chronemics (structure of time)

    Four verbal communication complexities:

    • Direct - Indirect
    • Succinct (laconic) - Elaborate
    • Person centered - Contextual
    • Instrumental – Affective
    (Gudykunst & Ting-Toomey 1998 )

    w:Intrapersonal communication is language use or thought internal to the communicator and w:Interpersonal communication is defined in a number of ways by professionals.

    Corporate communications

    w:Media richness theory, sometimes referred to as information richness theory, is a framework to describe a communications medium by its ability to reproduce the information sent over it.

    Learning styles

    We did the learning styles survey developed by w:David A. Kolb who also contributed much to the theory of w:Experiential learning.

    Forms of intelligence


    Other stuff:

    Competence and leadership

    Contingency theories

    w:Charismatic authority vs. w:Transformational leadership

    w:Transformational leadership builds on w:Transactional leadership

    Motivation

    Organizational structure and culture

    Conflict

    w:Social conflict and w:Armed conflict

    Economics

    • w:Milton Friedman - the economist of Thatcher and Reagan
    • Teacher has prediction projecting global GDP summed will rise by 50% to $90T