Problem Solving Through Productive Thinking Training

Summary:

One of the greatest abilities of leaders - whether in management positions or on the front line - is the ability to see the root of problems and quickly enact effective solutions. This series will pass on some of the skills and tips that will help you to

This Problem Solving Through Productive Thinking online training series provides over 7 hours of self-paced courseware. This web-based training provides 6 months of unlimited access to all of the following lessons:

1 . Productive Thinking in Practice
2 . Productive Thinking in Principle
3 . The Concept of Productive Thinking
4 . The Productive Thinking Model

Lesson Detail:

Productive Thinking in Practice
This course provides information about how to think productively. It also recommends ideal situations for applying productive thinking and outlines how to put productive thinking skills into practice.

• Reviewing the Productive Thinking Model
• When is the Model appropriate?
• Using the Model

Productive Thinking in Principle
This course provides information about reproductive and productive thinking. It discusses the differences between critical and creative thinking, which are thinking skills that assist in the productive thinking process. This course also describes habits t

• Reproductive thinking
• Productive thinking
• Being open to the possible
• Brainstorming in thirds

The Concept of Productive Thinking
This course provides information about concepts and ideas that support productive thinking. It also discusses how to recognize mechanisms that deter productive thinking.

• Foundational concepts
• Why think better?
• Thinking is hard work

The Productive Thinking Model
This course explores a problem-solving model of six steps: identifying problems, establishing Success Criteria, asking the right questions, generating answers, forging solutions, and aligning resources.

• An overview of the Productive Thinking Model
• What's going on?
• What's success?
• What's the question?
• Generate answers
• Forge the solution
• Align resources

Certification:
Problem Solving Through Productive Thinking

Audience:
This series is for anyone interested in developing problem solving skills through better, more effective thinking.

Features:

• Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
• Flash scenarios use real world situations to illustrate course concepts.
• Streaming video scenarios illustrate real world issues and solutions discussed in the course.
• Audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course.
• MindNotes provide printable quick-reference sheets and other files to be used as learners apply their skills on the job.
• Decision Point activities allow learners to work toward an outcome in an interactive environment.
• Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
• Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
• A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
• Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
• Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
• Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
• A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
• Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.

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What You Get:

You will receive Unlimited Access to all of the Problem Solving Through Productive Thinking training tutorials listed above. Your online training courses will be available from anywhere you have internet access.This e-learning series includes all of the online training tutorials listed and is provided in an interactive, self-paced format. Retake any or all of our computer training as often as you want. Our online tutorials allow you to learn anywhere, anytime from any computer with internet access. All courses allow for 6 months of unlimited access (1 user), include a variety of features and qualify for Continuing Education Unit credit.

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