User:Jukeboksi/BBA studies/The Developing Professional

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:

• w:Team Role Inventories ( same as w:Belbin Team Inventory )
• w:DISC assessment

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

• Before: only w:Public relations
• Now: w:Integrated marketing 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

1. ) w:IQ ( Intelligence Quotient )
2. ) w:Emotional intelligence
3. ) w:Social intelligence
4. ) w:Cultural intelligence

• w:Mindfulness (psychology)
• w:Cross-culturalism
• w:Culture shock

Competence and leadership

• w:Competence (human resources)
• w:Leadership

• w:Managerial grid model - 1960's

Contingency theories

• • w:Fiedler contingency model - relationship oriented vs. task oriented
  • w:Leader–member exchange theory
  • w:Path–goal theory

w:Charismatic authority vs. w:Transformational leadership

w:Transformational leadership builds on w:Transactional leadership

Motivation

• w:Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• w:Two-factor theory
• w:Job enrichment
• Emotional needs theory
• w:Equity theory
• w:Expectancy theory
• w:Goal setting theory by Locke et al.

Organizational structure and culture

• w:Business model
• The OCAI test online

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