hr management, creative thinking & six thinking hats

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Master in Higher Education Management:Developing Leaders for Managing Educational

Transformation

• Name of Module: Human Resources• Person Responsible: Carmelo Pollichino• Partner: CESIE, Italy

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TeamGroup Team

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TeamGroup

A collection of two or more interacting

individuals with a stable pattern of

relationships among them, who share

common goals and who perceive themselves

as being a group.

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Team

is a small number of people with

complementary skills who are committed to

a common purpose, performance goals, and

approach for which they hold themselves

mutually accountableTeam

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Team

small number of people

(5 to 10 people)

complementary skills

(appropriate balance and mix of skills)

committed to a common purpose and performance

goals

committed to a common approach

(team members must agree on roles & develop a

common approach)

Mutualaccountability

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Group Team

• Strong leadership, clearly focused • Shared leadership roles

• Individual accountability • Individual and mutual accountability

• Individual work products • Collective work products

• Run efficient meetings • Encureges open ended discussion

pseudo team

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working group

potential team

real team

High performanceteam

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Low level of riskAchivements by personal efficient workMore comfortable and less disruptive approach

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working group

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High performanceteam

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They're not a team, but think they are

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working group

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This group is making an effort to improve its performance, however it requires more work in structure, goals and purpose

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Thinking is avoluntary action

Intelligence

Thinking

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Critical Thinking

Creative Thinking

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Intelligence(engine)

Thinking(driver)

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divergent convergent

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Six Thinking Hats®

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Six Thinking Hats®

The main difficulty of thinking is

confusion

emotions

informations

logic

hope creativity

Help to do

one thing at a time

Create a

map of think

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Six Thinking Hats®

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White HatInformation

• Information we know• Information we need• How are we going to get that

information?• Determines accuracy and

relevance• Look at Other People’s Views

(O.P.V.)

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Red HatFeelings, Intuition, Gut Instinct

• Permission to express feelings• No need to justify• Represents feelings right now• Keep it short• A key ingredient in decision

making

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Black HatRisks, Difficulties and Problems

• The skeptical view• Reasons must be given• Points out Thinking that does

not fit the facts, experience, regulations, strategy, values

• Points out potential problems

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Yellow Hat

• Benefits and The optimistic view• Reasons must be given• Needs more effort than the black

hat• Find the benefits and values• Considers both short and long-

term perspectivesBenefits and Feasibility

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Green HatNew Ideas, Possibilities

• Creative thinking• Seeks alternatives and possibilities• Removes faults• Doesn’t have to be logical• Generates new concepts

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Blue HatManaging the Thinking

• “Control” hat• Organizes the thinking• Sets the focus and agenda• Summarizes and concludes• Ensures that the rules are

observed

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Information Feelings, Intuition, Gut Instinct

Risks, Difficulties and Problems Benefits and Feasibility

New Ideas, Possibilities Managing the Thinking

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Six Thinking Hats®

IDEA GENERATION

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Six Thinking Hats®

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