Course Delivery Options
In house
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Course Description
Creative, critical thinking means to think differently and unconventionally. It implies the existence of a propensity to be engage in thinking that defies conventional practice and an ability to form a new perspective in identifying problems and seeking novel solutions.
Analytical skills are required for creative, critical thinking. These skills include the ability to analyze information relating to issues, events and concerns on a structured three phase approach that involves planning, analyzing and drawing conclusions. These skills may be honed through practice.
This training program has been designed to introduce participants to the concept of “critical” or unconventional thinking that is required to solve complex problems and develop analytical skills. It starts with the premise that everyone is a habitual, conventional thinker and then encourages the participants to expand the thinking horizon beyond conventional thinking through a series of games and activities.
This training program has been designed to inculcate problem solving techniques using very well structured analytical skills. The problem solving techniques as well as analytical skills approach shall be introduced through case studies designed to suit the organizational requirements. Such an approach is aimed to facilitate the application of key problem solving techniques in practice using problem-solving tools in a work based setting.
Course Objectives
Terminal Objective
On completion of the training program, the participants will be able to apply critical thinking techniques and analyze information in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
Instrumental Objectives
At the end of the program the participants will be able to
- Define the term critical thinking
- Describe the link between critical thinking and achieving peak performance
- List key elements in the critical thinking cycle
- Describe keys to critical thinking
- Define analytical skills
- Delegate effectively
- Apply problem solving techniques
- Use analytical tools
- Interrelationship diagrams
- Delegation
- Prioritization
Skeletal Course Framework
Details of Program Content
DAY 1
|
Time |
Activity |
|
9.00 |
Introduction and Overview |
|
9.05 |
Pre Test for Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills |
|
9.15 |
Introduction to the concept of critical thinking |
|
9.45 |
Levels of awareness and whole brain thinking |
|
10.00 |
Linking thoughts, feelings and action |
|
10.30 |
TEA BREAK |
|
10.45 |
Improving personal and team performance |
|
11.00 |
Small Group Work : Identifying Objectives and Obstacles |
|
11.30 |
Linking Positivity and Productivity to Peak Performance |
|
13.00 |
LUNCH |
|
14.00 |
Phases of critical thinking |
|
14.30 |
Perceiving : Sensory and intuitive based perception |
|
14.45 |
Small Group Work : Identifying Assumptions |
|
15.30 |
TEA BREAK |
|
15.45 |
Understanding : Analysis and Synthesis |
|
16.00 |
Small Group Work : Evaluating options available |
|
16.30 |
Reasoning : Making a logical Analysis |
|
16.45 |
Small Group Work : Making conclusions based on reasoning |
|
17.00 |
Summary of critical thinking concepts covered |
|
17.30 |
Question and answer and wrap up for day 1 |
DAY 2
|
Time |
Activity |
|
9.00 |
Overview of Day 1 |
|
9.15 |
Importance of Analytical Skills |
|
9.15 |
Problem Solving |
|
9.30 |
Practice session in problem solving |
|
9.45 |
The funnel approach in problem solving |
|
10.30 |
TEA BREAK |
|
10.45 |
Interrelationship diagrams |
|
10.30 |
Techniques for analyzing data and information |
|
11.30 |
Practice session in using interrelationship diagrams* |
|
13.00 |
LUNCH |
|
14.00 |
Priority Setting |
|
14.00 |
Characteristics of valid conclusions used in priority setting |
|
15.00 |
Practice session for priority setting |
|
15.30 |
TEA BREAK |
|
15.45 |
The five “rights” of delegation |
|
16.15 |
Analyzing stakeholders |
|
17.20 |
Pre Test for Critical Thinking and Analytical Skills |
|
17.30 |
Question and answer and wrap up for day 2 |