MSCI100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peter Drucker, Msci, Socratic Method
14 Dec 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
MSCI-100
Queenie Wang
Thursday, Sept 8, 2016
Constructive failure learning
• Learning from failure
• Analyze mistakes
• Reflect upon
Socratic method of learning
• Socratic is the inquiry and discussion between individuals through asking questions,
illustrating ideas and thinking creatively
*Think first act second (Plan)
Intake
Challenges
Improve
*Change one thing at a time
Tuesday, Sept 13, 2016
Policy 71 – Academic Offences
• Look up
WHMIS
• Training
ELPE – English test
PD – Professional Development Courses
Limits of Education
• Even if you have a degree, it does not mean that you are good at the profession
Traits, Skills, Attributes
• Developed from experience, reflection and learning
• Ability to communicate and explain concepts, rationale, analytical results
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• Character
• Ethics
• Open-minded
• Self-aware, self-regulate
• Motivated
• Interest in learning, changing
• Honest
Indicators
• People want to work with you repeatedly
• Others ask you to work with them
• Work with others for extended time periods
• Cosideed the go to fo poles
Need Thick Skin
• Very few people would wish you were there
• possibly threatening jobs/comfort zones
Management Engineers
• People sort things without the benefit Management Sciences/ Engineering
• We ae supposed to get ette ases the ight poles
• We are supposed to be efficient and effective at making things efficient and effective
• Less guessing, more rationale, systems approach
Engineering
• A systematic, evidence based approach to analyzing, designing, and crafting sstes o
teholog
• We deal with systems, processes, flows, structures – can be physical, logical, human
• All egiees pole sole
• MGTE – we not only problem solve, we try to improve problem solving
• Dot sole the sae pole tie, it eas you did it wrong the first time
What do we do?
• We fous o effiie ad effetieess
• Need to know present, future, how to get from one to another
• Understand targets, and why they are not being met
• Improve or change to hit target – design solutions, use tools, create tools to achieve the
desired results.
Peter Drucker
• There is nothing more futile than making something efficient that should not be done at
all
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• Book: Practice of Management
We are not all the same
• Problems and situations offer different challenges
Expertise and Skill
• There are many necessary roles
• Any organization or situation has multiple possible roles and expectations
• Different strengths and skill sets
• MGMT – team sport
• Set goals, figure what skills need to be developed
• Be opportunistic and reading during your career to deal with things as they develop ( 4
hrs a week learning something new )
What makes an Excellent Academic Program?
• Practical application
• Independent thinking
• Work experience
• Knowledgeable profs
• Good resources
• Efficient
• Skill sets
• Engage
• Job
• Vogue Iage
• Ca e ieed as high ualit
• Quality is usually discussed on effectiveness, but quality of process can also be discussed
Cause and Effect
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Outcome
Process
KJ Method
• 1. KJ Method is an initial brainstorming activity that can then lead into Affinity Diagrams
or a Cause-Effect Analysis
• 2. Ishikawa (or fishbone) Diagrams are a common technique for organizing cause-effect
relationships
• learning how to think through and organize cause-effect relationships is one of the key
skills to develop as a problem solver or system design
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Document Summary
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