Academic year/semester: 2024/25/1

ECTS Credits: 4

Available for: All OU students

Lecture hours: 1
Seminarium:0
Practice: 2
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: -

Course Leader: Dr. Szilárd Berke

Faculty: Keleti Károly Faculty of Business and Management, 1084 Budapest, Tavaszmező utca 17.

Course Description:
One of the aims of the course is to use creative techniques to help you write a thesis that matches your interests and motivation. Another important aim is to show students the personal skills they need to develop and the planning and working techniques they are advised to acquire in order to have a good chance of entering the labour market and occupying middle management and, in time, senior management positions. One important aim is to help you identify and plan performance-oriented daily work routines and personal life management activities, with a focus on facilitating the learning process. Completion of the course can contribute to the students overall personal effectiveness, increase his/her productivity, and reinforce goal-oriented behaviour in learning, working and career development in general. There will be a strong focus on self-awareness, self-development, knowledge of personality types and success thinking.

Competences:
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Topics:
1. Block I - Methods of learning in general - Writing a thesis. Topic choice.
2. Analysis of national literature. Analysis of international literature.
3. Structure.
4. Research problem statement. Hypothesis formulation.
5. Analytical options. Questionnaire, in-depth interview, focus group. Reaching target groups.
6. Block II - Creative solutions - Personality types.
7. Exam test
8. DISC, Wartegg, Belbin.
9. Life wheel.
10. Six-colour hat.
11. Mandala.
12. Brainstorming.
13. Exam test
14. Replacement

Assessment: The signature of the examination is conditional on the completion of the final examination paper with at least a sufficient level and attendance of classes (according to the relevant, current university regulations). The examination mark is based on 100% of the examination result. The marks are: 61% = sufficient, 71% = average, 81% = good, 91% = excellent.

Exam Types:

Written Exam

Test Exam

Compulsory bibliography: Materials of the course (articles, videos in Moodle), Simon & Schuster, 2011, C. George Thomas: Research Methodology And Scientific Writing, Springer, 2021, ISBN: 9783030648640 B. Tracy: Maximum achievement: the proven system of strategies and skills that will unlock your hidden powers to succeed, ISBN: 9780671865184

Recommended bibliography: -

Additional bibliography: Mitchell G. Rothstein, Ronald J. Burke: Self-Management and Leadership Development - New Horizons in Management, Edward Elgar Pub, 2010 Susan David et al: The Oxford Handbook of Happiness, Oxford University Press, USA, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-0198714620

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