Annexure ‘CD – 01’

Course Title: Creativity for Team Excellence L T P/S SW/F TOTAL

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Course Code: BS208 UNITS
2 - - 2 3
Credit Units: 3

Course Objectives:
 To understand the process of problem solving and creative thinking.
 To develop team spirit and the importance of working in teams
 To understand the importance of Resilience during difficult times
 To develop an understanding of the consequences of the stress on one’s wellness, health, and work performance

Pre-requisites: BS

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I: Cognitive Thinking

Descriptors/Topics

 What is thinking: The Mind/Brain/Behavior 15%

 Concept of Eureka moment
 Critical Thinking and Learning:
 Thinking skills
 Concept of Cognitive processes

Module II: Solution Oriented Thinking

Descriptors/Topics
 Recognizing and Defining a problem
20%
 Introduction to Six Thinking Hats
 Analyzing the problem (potential causes)
 Developing possible alternatives
 Evaluating Solutions
 Resolution of problem
 Implementation
 Barriers to problem solving
 Psychological Barriers
Module III: Ingenious Thinking & Decision Making

Descriptors/Topics
 Definition and meaning of creativity
 The nature of creative thinking 20%
- Convergent and Divergent thinking
- Idea generation and evaluation (Brain Storming)
- Image generation and evaluation
- Debating
The six-phase model of Creative Thinking: ICEDIP model
 Decision making models (Rational, Intuitive, Creative, Strategic)
 Decision Making Under Uncertainty/ Crisis
 Mind Mapping
 Social Psychology and Decision Making: Attribution, Group Decision Making
 Cognitive Errors (examples here)
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Module IV: Behavioral Pattern of Group

Descriptors/Topics
15%
 Group Formation
 External Conditions affecting group functioning: Authority, Structure, Org. Resources, Organizational policies etc.
 Internal group processes: Roles, Norms, Conformity, Status, Cohesiveness, Size, Inter group conflict.
 Group Cohesiveness, Group Conflict, Social loafing, Group think, Group shift, Group polarization
 Adjustment in Groups & Negotiation in group

Module V: Team Functioning

Descriptors/Topics
 Meaning and nature of teams
 Difference between Group and Team
 External and internal factors effecting team 15%
 Belbin six teams role
 Building Effective Teams
 Consensus Building
 Mobilizing and motivating Team for goal accomplishment
 Synchronization in Team efforts
 Trust as an essential entity for team building
 Experiential learning through team game

Module V1: Building Resilience & Science of Stress

Descriptors/Topics
 Resilience
 Importance of Resilience
 Factors of resilience
 Building Resilience 15%
 Happiness
 Importance of happiness
 Meaning, Nature and Types of stress
 Symptoms of stress
 Fight-or-flight response to stress (GAS Model)
 The physiology of stress
 Models of Stress.
 Strategies to combat stress
 Peer group and social support

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

 Demonstrate appropriate problem-solving and decision-making skills

 Develop resilience and enhance well-being
 Discover happiness for better performance at work place
 Formulate team and infer the importance of working in team
Pedagogy for Course Delivery: Lectures, PPT Presentation, Activities, Psychometric testing, Group Discussion, Role Plays, Situational Analysis, Project
etc.

Professional Skills Development Activity:

PSDA 1: Network with corporate employee / carry out industry research survey to identify and understand the translation of leadership styles and power
dynamics in daily work practices.

PSDA 2: The students will be given real life situation for reflection of leadership Skills for and developing solutions for team building. They will be evaluated
on analytical skills and applicability of the solution.

PSDA 3: The students will project the skills acquired while steering through the course content in the form of learning journal

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term Examination

50%
50%

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term

Examination
Components Class Test Social Awareness Learning Quiz Interdisciplinary Project Attendance
(Drop down) Programme Articulation Portfolio
(LAP)
Linkage of NA PSDA 2 PSDA 3 NA PSDA 1 NA
Internal
Assessment
component with
PSDA, if any
Weightage (%) 10% 5% 10% 10% 10% 5% 50%

Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment: NA

Mapping Continuous Evaluation with CLOs

 Bloom’s Level > Understanding Applying Analysing Creating

Course Level Outcomes CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4

Assessment type

Assessment Component 1 ✓ ✓

Assessment Component 2 ✓ ✓

Assessment Component 3 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Assessment Component 4 ✓ ✓
Assessment Component 5 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Text & References:

 Michael Steven: How to be a better problem solver, Kogan Page, New Delhi, 1999
 Geoff Petty: How to be better at creativity; Kogan Page, New Delhi, 1999
 Richard Y. Chang and P. Keith, Kelly: Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi, 1998.
 Phil Lowe Koge Page: Creativity and Problem Solving, New Delhi, 1996
 J William Pfeiffer (ed.) Theories and Models in Applied Behavioural Science, Vol 3, Management (1996); Pfeiffer & Company
Bensley, Alan D.: Critical Thinking in Psychology – A Unified Skills Approach, (1998), Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.