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=== Forms of intelligence ===
=== Forms of intelligence ===
#) [[w:Intelligence quotient]] or [[w:IQ]] is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. ( Wikipedia )
#) '''[[w:Intelligence quotient]] or [[w:IQ]]''' is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. ( Wikipedia )
#) [[w:Emotional intelligence]] (EI) is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. ( Wikipedia )
#) '''[[w:Emotional intelligence]] (EI)''' is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. ( Wikipedia )
#) [[w:Social intelligence]] describes the exclusively human capacity to effectively navigate and negotiate complex social relationships and environments. ( Wikipedia )
#) '''[[w:Social intelligence]]''' describes the exclusively human capacity to effectively navigate and negotiate complex social relationships and environments. ( Wikipedia )
#) [[w:Cultural intelligence]] or cultural quotient or CQ, is a theory within management and organisational psychology, positing that understanding the impact of an individual's cultural background on their behaviour is essential for effective business, and measuring an individual's ability to engage successfully in any environment or social setting. ( Wikipedia )
#) '''[[w:Cultural intelligence]] or cultural quotient or CQ''', is a theory within management and organisational psychology, positing that understanding the impact of an individual's cultural background on their behaviour is essential for effective business, and measuring an individual's ability to engage successfully in any environment or social setting. ( Wikipedia )


:::CQ is a type of higher level social intelligence, allowing one to be socially effective in multiple and varied cultural settings with different norms (Early et al., 2006).
:::''CQ is a type of higher level social intelligence, allowing one to be socially effective in multiple and varied cultural settings with different norms'' (Early et al., 2006).


* [[w:Mindfulness (psychology)]]
==== Cultural intelligence ====
* [[w:Cross-culturalism]]
 
* [[w:Culture shock]]
* '''[[w:Mindfulness (psychology)]]''' - Modern clinical psychology and psychiatry since the 1970s have developed a number of therapeutic applications based on the concept of mindfulness (Pali sati or Sanskrit smṛti / स्मृति) in Buddhist meditation. ( Wikipedia ) '''It has multiple competing [[w:Mindfullness (psychology)#Definitions|definitions given here]]'''
* '''[[w:Cross-culturalism]]'''
:::'''cross-cultural''' may refer to
:::*[[w:cross-cultural studies]], a comparative tendency in various fields of cultural analysis
:::*'''[[w:cross-cultural communication]]''', a field of study that looks at how people from differing [[w:culture|cultural]] backgrounds communicate
:::*any of various forms of interactivity between members of disparate cultural groups (see also [[w:cross-cultural communication]], [[w:interculturalism]], [[w:intercultural relations]], [[w:hybridity]], [[w:cosmopolitanism]], [[w:transculturation]])
:::*the discourse concerning cultural interactivity, sometimes referred to as cross-culturalism (See also [[w:multiculturalism]], [[w:cosmopolitanism]], [[w:transculturation]], [[w:cultural diversity]])
* '''[[w:Culture shock]]''' is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country, or to a move between social environments also a simple travel to another type of life.


=== Competence and leadership ===
=== Competence and leadership ===

Revision as of 13:14, 7 October 2012

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

  • 'Before: only w:Public relations (PR) which is the practice of managing the flow of information between an individual or an organization and the public.( Wikipedia )
  • Now: w:Integrated marketing communications (IMC) which is an approach to brand communications where the different modes work together to create a seamless experience for the customer and are presented with a similar tone and style that reinforces the brand’s core message. ( Wikipedia )

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. ( Wikipedia )

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:Intelligence quotient or w:IQ is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. ( Wikipedia )
  2. ) w:Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. ( Wikipedia )
  3. ) w:Social intelligence describes the exclusively human capacity to effectively navigate and negotiate complex social relationships and environments. ( Wikipedia )
  4. ) w:Cultural intelligence or cultural quotient or CQ, is a theory within management and organisational psychology, positing that understanding the impact of an individual's cultural background on their behaviour is essential for effective business, and measuring an individual's ability to engage successfully in any environment or social setting. ( Wikipedia )
CQ is a type of higher level social intelligence, allowing one to be socially effective in multiple and varied cultural settings with different norms (Early et al., 2006).

Cultural intelligence

cross-cultural may refer to
  • w:Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country, or to a move between social environments also a simple travel to another type of life.

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