1 / 10

DEVELOPING SKILLS

DEVELOPING SKILLS. Based on the work of David Whetten and Sue Clark, Journal of Mgmt. Education , May 1996. WHAT IS A SKILL?. Knowledge is what you should know A skill is what you should be able to do--a task or series of tasks that you should be able to perform. LEWIN’S STEPS IN CHANGE.

jam
Download Presentation

DEVELOPING SKILLS

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DEVELOPING SKILLS Based on the work of David Whetten and Sue Clark, Journal of Mgmt. Education, May 1996

  2. WHAT IS A SKILL? • Knowledge is what you should know • A skill is what you should be able to do--a task or series of tasks that you should be able to perform

  3. LEWIN’S STEPS IN CHANGE • Unfreezing the present level • Moving to the new level • Refreezing the new level • This stage may be eliminated since the life of a corp. is now 40 years.

  4. Example of experience-based Specific to general Conclusions probably, but not certain Builds theory Teaching less structured Begins with inquiry Rule-based General to specific Conclusions more certain Applies theory Teaching structured Begins with didactic or expository INDUCTIVE VS. DEDUCTIVE LEARNING

  5. ASSIMILATION LEARNING CYCLE • Experience • Understand • Practice

  6. EXPERIENCE • Experience • What happened? • How do you (did you) feel? • What were the causes and consequences?

  7. UNDERSTAND • Understand the experience in light of guidelines in text or lecture • Contrast your own conclusions with the literature. • What alterations in behavior might have changed the

  8. PRACTICE • What do you want to improve? • Which principles do you want to target? • How can you best do that?

  9. APPLICATION LEARNING CYCLE • REFLECT--evaluate performance during practice to enhance understanding • What went well? What was difficult? • What would you do differently next time? • APPLY: plan for improved practice--What are the 3 most important lessons learned? What is the most impt. application? • How can you successfully implement the plan?

  10. SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING • You are placed in the role of proactive learner--learning from personal experience in and outside of class to encourage continuously improvement of skills.

More Related