| Course ID: | ALDR 7340E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Collaborative Problem Solving and Preferences for Change |
Course
Description: | Theoretical perspectives, processes, and techniques utilized in
collaborative problem solving, both adaptively and innovatively.
This course will introduce individual cognitive preferences for
problem solving while working within prevailing paradigms and
strategies for effectively leading groups and teams within the
context of cognitive diversity and organizational change. |
| Oasis Title: | Collab Prob Solv and Change |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ALDR 7340 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | • Analyze and classify types of problems using a problem
typology.
• Differentiate among cognitive style, level, process, and
techniques.
• Evaluate the impact of personality on cognitive functioning
for collaborative problem solving.
• Differentiate between preferred cognitive styles for problem
solving.
• Summarize the relationship between dimensions of personality
and cognitive functioning for collaborative problem solving.
• Evaluate and apply cognitive techniques for addressing
ill-structured case problems.
• Select and apply appropriate coping strategies in the
context of cognitive diversity and organizational change. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Jonassen’s Typology of Problem Types
2. Constructing Problem Types Case Studies
3. Problem Solving as a Cognitive Function
4. Describing and Measuring Preferred Cognitive Styles
(Adaption and Innovation)
5. Cognitive Styles and Correlation to Dimensions of
Personality
6. Cognitive Functioning Schema and Collaborative Problem
Solving
7. Creativity as a Subset of Problem Solving
8. Style, Level, Process, and Technique within Collaborative
Problem Solving
9. Cognitive Gaps within Collaborative Problem Solving and
Employing Coping Strategies
10. Cognitive Techniques: Generating Ideas
11. Cognitive Techniques: Considering Other Perspectives
12. Cognitive Techniques: Organizing Ideas |