| Venue:
The training workshop will be held at SDPI or in a local hotel in
Islamabad. |
Introduction
Normally when we approach any thinking situation like problem solving, making a decision, answering questions etc. we face confusion. The main problems are: Where do I start? How do I know if I have looked objectively at the subject? Are there important factors I have omitted? Are my conclusions accurate? Have I covered all the necessary points? Are my priorities correct? Have I been biased in my thinking? Have I been creative enough? Have I looked at alternatives?
This workshop is based on research and application of two of Edward de Bono’s world famous thinking courses – CoRT Thinking and Six Thinking Hats - in Pakistan since the last 18 years.
Who
should attend?
There is no restriction on the level or category of participants – the training will be useful for junior, middle, and senior level managers, field staff, as well as teachers and trainers.
Objectives
By the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:
- identify opportunities and risks appropriate to situations
- improve their planning and decision making skills
- learn tools of creative and lateral thinking
- learn to use de Bono’s methodology for creative thinking
Methodology
The workshop uses a variety of training methodologies, including a visual presentation of 18 years of teaching and research in thinking skills in Pakistan, practice of thinking skills individually and in groups, thinking games to develop flexibility of the mind, excerpts from a video program on thinking, application of thinking tools on a variety of personal, organizational and other issues and conducting a meeting using the Six Thinking Hats. Participants will take a pre and post-test of thinking to assess the improvement in thinking as a result of the training. They will also read material based on research in Pakistan and outside on thinking skills.
Medium
of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using a mixture of English and Urdu.
Contents
- Planning and decision making: identify and clarify objectives, consider all factors, generate and assess alternative solutions, look at short and long term consequences, understand others’ point of view, identify priorities.
- Lateral thinking: generate new ideas using provocation, stepping stones and random inputs; combine existing ideas into new ones.
- Practical thinking: move from thinking to action; thinking frameworks.
- Six Thinking Hats: Informative, Intuitive; Constructive; Cautious; Creative; Reflective.
- Research on thinking: research on development of thinking skills in Pakistan in the corporate, development and education sector.
Resource
person
Mr. Rafiq Jaffer has been conducting research, providing training, and producing materials in HRD, particularly education, management, psychology, and community development, for over 30 years. He has conducted seminars and workshops in Pakistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. He has conducted thinking courses for over four thousand people in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, including corporate executives, staff of non-profit organisations, scientists, school heads, teachers, and students. He is the only person to have co-lectured with Dr. Edward de Bono.
Mr. Rafiq Jaffer has written four books and over 230 research and training reports, manuals and papers in English/Urdu published nationally and internationally. He has worked in Gordon College, Rawalpindi, Punjab University, Government College of Science Education, Aga Khan Foundation and the Ali Institute of Education. He is Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, Lahore since 1991.
Deadline for registration
Completed Registration forms should reach the Program Support Officer via fax or mail latest by 01 August 2006. The institute will confirm registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Please note that seats are limited and applicants will be registered on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Rs 11,500 per participant.
Discount
25% discount is available to the following:
- SDPI members
- HRDN members
on each nomination (HRDN members should send their nominations through
HRDN secretariat)
- PEP partners
on each nomination
- Students
registering through their institutions
- Other
organizations registering 2 or more persons
Withdrawal requests will be processed
as under:
| 10
or more days before workshop |
Full
refund |
| Nine
to four days before workshop |
75 percent
refund |
| Three
days before workshop |
50 percent
refund |
| Two
or less days before workshop |
No refund |
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI
reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop if circumstances
require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure that registered participants
are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will also refund registration fees
according to our refund procedures.
Award
of certificates
- Trainees
successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will
be awarded completion certificates.
- Trainees
who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance
but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial
attendance certificates.
- Trainees
attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given
letters specifying the sessions that they attended.
Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)
Further information
For further
details, please contact Program Support Officer, SDPI at Tel. 92-51-2278134
or fax: 92-51-2278135.
Registration form
 
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Registration Form. |
