Annexure ‘CD – 01’

Course Title: Cognitive Skills, Leadership and Decision Making L T P/S SW/F TOTAL
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Course Code: BS309 3 - - 2 4

Credit Units: 4

Course Objectives:
 To understand the process of problem solving and creative thinking.
 To develop resilience and decision-making skills
 To understand leadership skills for practicing leadership styles
 To relate lifestyle management with healthy living.

Pre-requisites: BS

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I: Problem Solving & Creative Thinking

Descriptors/Topics

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

 Analytical Thinking
 Concept of Eureka moment
 Critical Thinking and Learning:
- Making Predictions and Reasoning
- Memory and Critical Thinking
- Emotions and Critical Thinking
 Thinking skills
 Definition and meaning of creativity
 The nature of creative thinking
- Convergent and Divergent thinking
- Idea generation and evaluation (Brain Storming)
- Image generation and evaluation
- Debating
 The six-phase model of Creative Thinking: ICEDIP model

Module II: Psychology of Decision making

Descriptors/Topics
 Decision making models (Rational, Intuitive, Creative, Strategic) 15%
 Decision Making Under Uncertainty/ Crisis
 Social Psychology and Decision Making: Attribution, Group Decision Making
 Cognitive Errors (examples here)
 Recognizing and Defining a problem
 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: 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 IV: Leadership Excellence
Descriptors/Topics
 Meaning, Nature and Functions
 Self-leadership
 Leadership styles in organization 15%
 Leadership in Teams
 Enhancing efficiency of a Leader through case study

Module V: Power Dynamics: Causes and Consequences

Descriptors/Topics
 Meaning and Nature 15%
 Difference between Power & Authority
 Significance of Power
 Types of power
 Relevance in organization and Society
 Success story of Power:
 Good and bad examples of power motivation

Module VI: Values & Ethics for Personal & Professional Development

 Personal values-Empathy, honesty, courage, commitment

 Core Values 10%
 Values Clarification & Acceptance
 Nurturing Good values
 Professional Values-Work ethics, respect for others
 Its role in personality development
 Moral Dilemma’s
 Value Prioritization
 Learning based on project work on Scriptures like- Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bible, Quran, Gita etc.

Module VII: Resilience for Lifestyle Management

Descriptors/Topics
 Resilience
 Importance of Resilience 15%
 Factors of resilience
 Building Resilience
 Happiness
 Importance of happiness
  Meaning, Nature & Types of stress, Symptoms
 GAS Model
 Models of Stress
 Physiology of Stress
 Managing Stress
 Lifestyle Management
 Lifestyle diseases

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

 Match resilience with decision making skills

 Demonstrate problem-solving and decision-making skills
 Develop leadership skills and apply them in appropriate situations
 Combine lifestyle management with healthy living.

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) Program Articulation Portfolio
(LAP)
Linkage of NA PSDA 1 PSDA 3 NA PSDA 2
Internal
Assessment
component with
PSDA, if any
Weightage (%) 10% 5% 10% 10% 10% 05% 50%

Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment: NA

Mapping Continuous Evaluation with CLOs
Bloom’s Level > Remembering Understanding Applying 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.