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Creative and Critical Thinking (SLP-111) |
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6-weeks ($60 registration and $15.99 for the book)
Leadership excellence requires an open mind – unrestricted thinking. Those who facilitate and encourage change will recognize their creativity and spark and will recognize opportunities resulting from others' innovation. Leadership also requires disciplined, fair-minded thinking so they can implement their ideas in a way that will generate success.
Participants learn basic skills needed by leaders to develop innovative solutions to difficult problems and understand the context of the environment in which they lead. The class begins with a focus on creative thinking and removing the mental blocks that can prevent us from generating ideas and moving ahead with innovative ideas. Participants will develop critical thinking skills so they will be able to recognize false assumptions and use their minds to remove limits to possibilities allowing for multiple correct solutions to the challenges they face.
Specific Course Learning Objectives
- Practice fundamental thinking skills useful in any leadership development program and in the practice of exercising leadership.
- Get an introduction to learning online.
- Learn to look at the problems and issues in conservation from new perspectives.
This course is conducted online over six weekly segments. Participants will typically spend about 5 hours each week on coursework. Participants will be expected to read the assignments and post discussion ideas by Wednesday of each week. Comments on other classmates’ postings are due by Friday at midnight and all exercises, papers, etc. are due by midnight on Sunday of each week.
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