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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
- Describethe link between critical thinking and achieving peak performance
- Listkey elements in the critical thinking cycle
- Describe keys to critical thinking
- Defineanalytical skills
- Delegateeffectively
- Applyproblem 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
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