How to produce a great How to produce a great business skills coursebusiness skills course

TodayToday

Course revision Course revision

Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger

Hermeneutic methodHermeneutic method

Some prejudicesSome prejudices

The business courseThe business course

Traditional business degree

Open Polytechnic’s strategic direction

Skills

Practical constraints

Assumptions about skillsAssumptions about skillsThe notion of a skill

Engagement with ..

Cognitive skills

Transferability

What counts as a “business” skill

The course begins ...The course begins ...

I teach I teach Understanding Business EnvironmentsUnderstanding Business Environments. . My job is to help you pass this course. My job is to help you pass this course.

The title of the course indicates two things. The title of the course indicates two things. First, that the course is concerned with First, that the course is concerned with business environments. This means anything business environments. This means anything that impacts on a business is a legitimate part that impacts on a business is a legitimate part of the course. of the course.

The second part of the title is by far the most important The second part of the title is by far the most important part. part.

It says the course is about “understanding”. Who is to It says the course is about “understanding”. Who is to understand? You are to understand. It is your understand? You are to understand. It is your understanding that is important, not mine and not understanding that is important, not mine and not anyone else’s understanding. anyone else’s understanding.

How are you to achieve understanding? There is only How are you to achieve understanding? There is only one way for you to gain understanding, and that is by one way for you to gain understanding, and that is by thinking. Only by thinking is it possible for anyone to thinking. Only by thinking is it possible for anyone to understand the ideas that concern us. Consequently, it understand the ideas that concern us. Consequently, it is my job to help you to think. is my job to help you to think.

Theory to assist course Theory to assist course developmentdevelopment

Pedagogy

Thinking

Techniques for students

Heidegger himselfHeidegger himself

Inwood begins his bookInwood begins his book

He was (with the possible exception of Wittgenstein) the He was (with the possible exception of Wittgenstein) the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century. greatest philosopher of the twentieth century.

He was (with the possible exception of Hegel) the greatest He was (with the possible exception of Hegel) the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', a master of charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', a master of hollow verbiage masquerading as profundity.hollow verbiage masquerading as profundity.

He was an irredeemable German redneck, and, for a time, a He was an irredeemable German redneck, and, for a time, a gullible and self-important Nazi.gullible and self-important Nazi.

Heidegger - pedagogyHeidegger - pedagogy

Student autonomyStudent autonomy

Teacher’s taskTeacher’s task

Real problemsReal problems

Student expectationsStudent expectations

The call for methodThe call for method

A method for A method for thinkingthinking

Goal is Goal is understandingunderstanding

Heidegger’s hermeneutic methodHeidegger’s hermeneutic method

HermeneuticsHermeneutics

= Interpretation= Interpretation

TraditionalTraditional

Written textsWritten texts

Bible, law, literatureBible, law, literature

ModernModern

Verbal, non-verbalVerbal, non-verbal

Gadamer Gadamer

Truth & MethodTruth & Method

Hermeneutics in HeideggerHermeneutics in Heidegger

Our way of beingOur way of being

Our way of thinkingOur way of thinking

Hermeneutic circleHermeneutic circle

A method for studentsA method for students

Our way of beingOur way of being

Our human way of being (living / existing)Our human way of being (living / existing)

Time is not want we say it is:Time is not want we say it is:

The momentThe moment

Your situation in its totalityYour situation in its totality

Your concern is your futureYour concern is your future

Our way of thinkingOur way of thinking

Being is acting (eg thinking)Being is acting (eg thinking)

Time is not what we say it is:Time is not what we say it is:Unity of past present futureUnity of past present future

The way of thoughtThe way of thought

Hermeneutic circleHermeneutic circleNot viciousNot vicious

A method for studentsA method for students

Your own struggleYour own struggle

The topicThe topic

Writing is the wayWriting is the way

Keep the evidenceKeep the evidence

The role of literatureThe role of literature