This is a dedicated web page for the standard course on Logic. The course is designed for BBA/MBA students with a focus on managerial models, implications and issues. A 3 credit hours course designed for 45 lectures in 15 weeks, it takes the audience through a systematic journey in the field of critical thinking and reasoning
Logic
Introduction
Objectives
This unit aims to ensure that students acquire a perspective on how to evaluate circumstances and issues from multiple perspectives and critical evaluate solutions through systematic reasoning based on logic. Managers are typically facing the challenge to criticism and arguments may arise during day to day managerial operations; they need to adhere to logical propositions and avoid fallacies. In addition, an understanding of the use of logic can be a major factor in improving organizational and personal productivity and relationships at and beyond work. This course provides the participants with an understanding of logic concepts, frameworks, and models for defining problems and corresponding solutions, managing complex activities, and describing technical and conceptual compositions of daily reasoning. Learning will be accomplished through lectures, case studies, group presentation, and research.
Upon completion of the course the students will be able to:
Have a general understanding of the basic concepts of Logic
Beware of the desired approaches and systematic methods of reasoning
Be familiar with the state of the art models and techniques in the area
Curriculum
Introduction to Course Requirements and Resources
Introduction to Logic, Application and Scope, Work of Aristotle, Need for Logic, Examples and Explanation of Correct reasoning
Propositions in Logic and work of Cryssipus, simple and compound propositions, application and scope of propositions
Arguments and their importance in logic, need for analyzing the arguments, paraphrasing and standardization, paraphrasing techniques and exercises, diagraming and its rules, diagraming complex arguments, complex arguments and uses of matrix
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Course Features
Systematic progression through the concepts of Logic
Case study approach using scenarios and examples from top international firms
Local case studies and examples to contextualize the themes based on local situations
Practical assignments and activities to invoke learning
In class and online discussions to bring on surface key issues, controversies and hot debates
Assignments & Projects
This section is dedicated to the major assignments and projects in this course. The assignments and projects build up the important percentage of the assessment as the students are required to translate the learning from the course contents to practical scenarios and develop understanding on the managerial implications.
Major Projects
Case Study Presentations
A Group task using the standard case study approach, students need to demonstrate understanding on the evolutionary developments in a selected organization
Requirements
Students need to develop a proper case study using the case study development guidelines
Case Study Presentation Guidelines
Eventually will present their findings in the shape of a Presentation in front of the class or classes on Multimedia
Assignment Details
Students in groups of 8-10 will be assigned an organization (Preferably local organization)
Case should be developed on one of the topics of Human Resource Management in the Selected Organization
Students need to submit both Hard (Printed) and Soft copies (Computer files) of the Case itself and that of the PowerPoint Presentation
This is day 1 so you can start working now!
I will myself present at least one Case Study well before the presentation schedule so that you people have an idea