Liberal Arts I: Perception and self-awareness

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 1	Sira Abenoza González	Ciencias Sociales	ENG

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

This course is divided into three modules:

Module 1: Body movement as a way to express emotions and a form of communication

Theatre is above all a form of communication, based on emotions. Actors are experts in expressing emotions. We can establish a parallelism between performing in a play and communicating in real life, between actors and non actors.

The difference between actors and non actors is the compartmentalization of mind, body, spirit. The "non actors? spend most of the day in a thinking mode (working in the office, studying at university?). Then, if they are lucky, they work-out or go for a run, so they get physical. And later, at home, they connect emotionally with friends and family. So their bodies are dissociated from what they feel and what they think, and many times their bodies betray them, their faces, their voices, their gestures reveal feelings and thoughts that are inconsistent.

On the contrary, the actor is trained to become so organically relaxed within himself that he "thinks with his body?. The actor integrates these different parts, mind, body, spirit, and have them working together and interdependently. He becomes one sensitive, responding whole, the whole of him/her is one. His body is connected with his mind and his heart, there is consistency between what he thinks and feels, and what he physically expresses.

The physical work of the actor turns into the capacity to imaginatively explore situations of time, space and character which are not real. And while engaging in these activities, he interacts with other human beings (the other actors and the audience). Therefore, the actor's work depends very much upon his knowdlege of his own body and his ability to put his intentions, his imagination, his emotions into immediate physical effect.

None of these activities of the actor is unique to him. All occur in everyday life. These processes the actor carries out his work are common to all human beings. Students, as non actors, might experience limitations to understand the their physical skills and the knowledge of their own bodies as a mean to express themselves, limitations to translate the intentions of ones mind into physicall activities or to express emotions and communicate with others through body expression.

Module 2: Leadership and Self-Consciousness

One of the most important roles of a leader, regardless of where she or he sits in the organization, is making decisions that guide an organization or unit toward success. Leaders make a variety of strategic and tactical decisions for their group, including those about the strategy of the unit, who is on the team, how the unit will function, and how resources are deployed in pursuit of a goal.

Leading a unit is a complex endeavor and involves vision, passion, the ability to make decisions under pressure and uncertainty, and the ability to motivate others toward one's vision.

This course analyzes the symbiotic relationship of the leadership elements, combining classical wisdom, recent research, and theory and practice to teach leadership.

Throughout the course we focus on leadership in the business, politics, digital, and in one's personal life.

We will use a mix of reading, discussion, case studies, team exercises and reflective exercises to achieve a better understanding of leadership and decision-making.

Module 3: Psychology and pathway to social entrepreunership

The journey of the "conscious social entrepreneur".

The workshop will be structured as a "journey" from one's own awareness and self-knowledge, to the social problems with which they resonate, the challenge they want to undertake, the design of a systemic solution to the problem and, finally, the structuring in the form of an idea and a social entrepreneurship project.

It is a "practical" and action-oriented workshop that will integrate the knowledge and skills that have been learned throughout the course.

Course Learning Objectives

Module 1: Body movement as a way to express emotions and a form of communication

The process of mind and body are inextricably linked. It is a recognisable fact that body use affects the mind, and that states of mind are reflected physically in the body. The main objective of this course is for students / participants to integrate their body, their mind and their spirit in order to have a full experience of themselves and they way they express.

Throughout the sessions participants will be encouraged to connect with their body movement, to explore themselves physically and be able to express themselves freely, to communicate with others connecting their imagination, their intentions and their emotions with their body resources spontaneously.

Students will work on the following competencies:

- Learn to relax and to release tension.
- Know themselves visually better, and know what their faces, voices, gestures tell others.
- Understand what is physical presence and energy as a form of expression.
- Spontaneous and free body movement as an expression of thoughts and feelings.
- Honesty of the actor and the relationship with body expression.

Prerequisites: Casual wear, comfortable clothes that allow actor's physical movement.

Module 2: Leadership and Self-Consciousness

Successful completion of this unit should result in participants who have developed the ability to:
- Research and synthesise complex information on challenging global leadership issues
- Read the global leadership environment and identify opportunities and threats
- Articulate how they and their environment, including business competitors, can respond to these challenges
- Are purposefully developing relevant leadership competencies and strategies.

Skills you will develop along this course:
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Awareness
- Communication
- Reflection on skill development for leadership
- Persuasion & Influencing
- Managing Conflict
- Cross-cultural competence/working with diversity
- Research.

Module 3: Psychology and pathway to social entrepreunership

1. Learn to be aware of who you are and what you resonate with.
2. Understand and deepen the social challenges in which you want to be involved.
3. Design a solution in the form of a social entrepreneurship.
4. Learn the journey of a social entrepreneur.

CONTENT

1. Module 1: Body movement as a way to express emotions and a form of communication The following topics will be discussed and practiced: - The need for relaxation and concentration, how to do it across breathing. - Relationship between body, mind and spirit. - Body, face, voice and words to communicate and express thoughts and feelings. Limitations, self-consciousness, ways to express freely. - Body movement in the space and in different stages. - Energy and presence of the actor. - Honesty of the actor and body expression. Why authenticity inspires and moves audiences.
2. Module 2: Leadership and Self Consciousness DAY 1 LEADERSHIP Introduction to the 5 days of the course: 1. Leadership 2. Teamwork 3. Theory of Organisations 4. Organisational Culture 5. Cross-cultural Management Leadership perspectives. Awareness, Learning agility, Communication and influence. The past: Lifeline exercise to analyse your trends on personal peaks and lows The present: Myth of multi-tasking and the state of alert, the challenge of attention in the digital area. Traits: Balance, people, innovation, control, goals The future: your Future-self and letter CASE: NEDBANK GROUP: LEADERSHIP AND ADAPTIVE SPACE FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION DAY 2 TEAMWORK If you want to go fast, go alone; if far, go together: Individual goals and collective thinking The SPLIT MODEL: Structure Process Language Identity Technology TEAM Feedback: theory and practice. Virtue game for teams DAY 3 ORGANISATIONAL THEORIES (There is nothing more practical that a good theory) Contingency Theory: Context and Facts Evolutionary Theory: Time. Organisations are born, grow and die Institutional Theory. Legittimacy. Organisations are an institutional spaces, Power-dependency Theory: Power Dependency on resources and how much power you have in the sector. Workshop: What startups, Incumbents¿can be eplained by some theories and cannot be explained by others Research Project Preliminaries CASE HEILTSUK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: BALANCING POLITICS, BUSINESS, AND CULTURE DAY 4 ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE The cultural matrix The trust model: Ability, Integrity and Loyalty Schein¿s three levels of culture How to build a culture? Testing the Research Project CASE AMAZON: CULT OR CULTURE? DAY 5 CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT Preferences and challenges across cultures Barriers analysis The robot challenge CASE The expats and the locals Research Project Presentations
3. Module 3: Psychology and pathway to social entrepreuner The workshop will be organized in three different modules: 1. Self-knowledge and awareness: ¿ The journey of Presence: are you here and now? ¿ The journey of Personality: why do you do what you don't want to? ¿ The journey of Power: can you do it? ¿ The journey of Purpose: where do you want to go? ¿ The journey of People: what kind of relationships do you want to create? 2. The social impact: ¿ The journey to understand a social problem: what am I not understanding? ¿ The journey to design a systemic solution: where is the knot or the gear lever? ¿ The journey to structure an impact entrepreneurship: how to conceive an impact company? 3. The social entrepreneur: ¿ The journey of the social entrepreneur: how to succeed as a social entrepreneur? ¿ The funding journey: how to get impact investment? ¿ The journey of change: have i solved the problem?

1. Module 1: Body movement as a way to express emotions and a form of communication

The following topics will be discussed and practiced:

- The need for relaxation and concentration, how to do it across breathing.
- Relationship between body, mind and spirit.
- Body, face, voice and words to communicate and express thoughts and feelings. Limitations, self-consciousness, ways to express freely.
- Body movement in the space and in different stages.
- Energy and presence of the actor.
- Honesty of the actor and body expression. Why authenticity inspires and moves audiences.

2. Module 2: Leadership and Self Consciousness

DAY 1 LEADERSHIP
Introduction to the 5 days of the course:
1. Leadership 2. Teamwork 3. Theory of Organisations 4. Organisational Culture 5. Cross-cultural Management
Leadership perspectives.
Awareness, Learning agility, Communication and influence.
The past: Lifeline exercise to analyse your trends on personal peaks and lows
The present: Myth of multi-tasking and the state of alert, the challenge of attention in the digital area. Traits: Balance, people, innovation, control, goals
The future: your Future-self and letter
CASE: NEDBANK GROUP: LEADERSHIP AND ADAPTIVE SPACE FOR DIGITAL INNOVATION

DAY 2 TEAMWORK
If you want to go fast, go alone; if far, go together: Individual goals and collective thinking
The SPLIT MODEL: Structure Process Language Identity Technology
TEAM Feedback: theory and practice.
Virtue game for teams

DAY 3 ORGANISATIONAL THEORIES (There is nothing more practical that a good theory)
Contingency Theory: Context and Facts
Evolutionary Theory: Time. Organisations are born, grow and die
Institutional Theory. Legittimacy. Organisations are an institutional spaces,
Power-dependency Theory: Power Dependency on resources and how much power you have in the sector.
Workshop: What startups, Incumbents¿can be eplained by some theories and cannot be explained by others
Research Project Preliminaries
CASE HEILTSUK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: BALANCING POLITICS, BUSINESS, AND CULTURE

DAY 4 ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
The cultural matrix
The trust model: Ability, Integrity and Loyalty
Schein¿s three levels of culture
How to build a culture?
Testing the Research Project
CASE AMAZON: CULT OR CULTURE?

DAY 5 CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Preferences and challenges across cultures
Barriers analysis
The robot challenge
CASE The expats and the locals
Research Project Presentations

3. Module 3: Psychology and pathway to social entrepreuner

The workshop will be organized in three different modules:

1. Self-knowledge and awareness:
¿ The journey of Presence: are you here and now?
¿ The journey of Personality: why do you do what you don't want to?
¿ The journey of Power: can you do it?
¿ The journey of Purpose: where do you want to go?
¿ The journey of People: what kind of relationships do you want to create?

2. The social impact:
¿ The journey to understand a social problem: what am I not understanding?
¿ The journey to design a systemic solution: where is the knot or the gear lever?
¿ The journey to structure an impact entrepreneurship: how to conceive an impact company?

3. The social entrepreneur:
¿ The journey of the social entrepreneur: how to succeed as a social entrepreneur?
¿ The funding journey: how to get impact investment?
¿ The journey of change: have i solved the problem?

Methodology

Module 1:
Sessions will be divided into two parts: a theoretical framework - a breef lecture part to expose acting techniques or tools related to the topic - and practice. The core of the session will be devoted to practical exercises that will allow participants explore their expressiveness.

Exercises will be done to extrovert the flow of energy, to break down self-consciusness and free the participant's body/think mechanisms: Simple movement games (Imagination games, vocal sound production,?), games to co-ordinate physical and vocal efforts, excercises to work on sustained concentration, dancing games, group improvisations, group and individual exercises to practice body movement in the space and body expressiveness.

Module 2:
To achieve the objectives of the course, the format of it would be based on case studies, group exercises and a mix of lectures and class discussions.

Case Studies. Generally, the first half of the sessions will be devoted to the analysis and discussion of cases. The case method is one of the most effective pedagogical tools to sharpen your analytical and decision-making skills, as it requires you to be an active participant in marketing decisions. Cases intend to give you practice in assembling data, supporting and discussing decisions. Moreover, the case method provides a vehicle by which to apply theories, concepts, and frameworks that we discuss in class or which you find in the assigned readings. Finally, the discussion constitutes an opportunity to defend your position and to learn from others, by listening to their comments and criticisms. Everything on a "safe environment?, where there are low risks when mistakes are made. Classrooms are our training environments to prepare you for business challenges.

Lecture/Discussion. These sessions are devoted to presentation and discussion of frameworks, concepts and theories that are useful for marketing practice. In general, these lectures are strongly linked to what we have discussed previously during case analyses.

Peer Evaluation: You will be asked to evaluate the rest of your group members according to their contribution to teamwork (case write-ups and group contribution). This grade could either add/subtract or maintain the average grade of the ?write-ups'.

Class participation: Grading class participation is necessarily subjective. However, I try to make it as "objective as possible?. Some of the criteria for evaluating effective class participation include:

1 Is the participant prepared? Do comments show evidence of analysis of the case? Do comments add to our understanding of the situation? Does the participant go beyond simple repetition of case facts without analysis and conclusions? Do comments show an understanding of theories, concepts, and analytical devices presented in class lectures or reading materials?

2 Is the participant a good listener? Are the points made relevant to the discussion? Are they linked to the comments of others? Is the participant willing to interact with other class members?

3 Is the participant an effective communicator? Are concepts presented in a concise and convincing way?

Research project:
We will discuss the format on the first day.

Module 3:
The course will combine theoretical knowledge with many practical cases.
There will also be group exercises and activities based on design thinking, systems thinking and theory of change.
And two special guests: a successful social entrepreneur and a recognized impact investor.
There will be some videos and a test that all students will have to take before the workshop.

Assessment criteria

YOU HAVE TO PASS EACH OF THE 3 MODULES TO PASS THE COURSE.

Module 1: Body movement as a way to express emotions and a form of communication

The assessment breakdown is as follows:
- Attendance & Punctuality (30%)
- Individual and group participation (70%)

Class participation will be graded considering several factors: interest in the class discussion, contribution to the class atmosphere, participation in class exercises, both in groups and individually.

Attendance is mandatory and is crucial for the achievement of the learning objectives, and thus we will keep track on it. Punctuality is also of vital importance for the development of the sessions. It demonstrates commitment and respect for the professor and classmates. In the sessions a certain environment will be generated based on trust, commitment and team work. When a student is late there is a disruption in the class atmosphere.
To pass this course, a minimum of 4 out of 5 sessions must be attended.

Module 2: Leadership and self-consciousness

10% Personal statement video
10% Journal
35% Class Participation
45% Research Project

Assesment reflects the quality of a student's active participation in class discussions. Much of a manager's success depends on communication; therefore effective oral communication will constitute the student's grade. Written work should be clear, logical, grammatically correct, spell-checked, persuasive, supported by examples, and backed up by citations for any data, ideas or other content used. It should represent the student's best effort. To do well on the writing assignments, you will need to incorporate and apply the course readings.

Personal Statement video 10%
To give a better idea of you and what you expect from this course, please submit a personal statement video, meeting these 3 criterias:
1. Up to 60 seconds,
2. Via wetransfer to my email
3. Using the email object PSLC2022 (each email will be automatically directed into an email folder not to be mixed with other emails)

Kindly describe your leadership and decision-making experience, including experience gained through teamwork, volunteer, family, sports and other avenues.

Journal 10%
Throughout the course, students will maintain a journal, self-provided, as a means of reflective practice. The purpose of the journal is to reflect on the course readings and discussions and how they might apply to your professional life.
The journal allows you to keep track of ideas and questions on leadership and decision-making, reactions to in-class exercises and participation, examples of good and bad practices, ideas from the readings, and thoughts on your own progression.
We will pause during several class sessions for "Ask Yourself? reflective exercises that you should include in your journal. Feel free to add items that contribute to your learning, including articles, quotes, conversations, comics, drawings, etc. Make it your own, but be aware that this journal will be evaluated by the professor, so it cannot contain information that cannot be shared with the professor.
Journals may be kept with pen/cil and paper (still amazing technologies). The best way to maximize the learning from this course is to carry the journal with and write in it frequently. The more frequently you use it, the more valuable it will become. Although the journal is for your eyes only and will not be collected or graded, it will sometimes be used as the basis of class or small group discussions, and will be very helpful in writing the Research Project.

Class Participation 35%
This course covers a significant amount of content and much of the learning comes from in-class exercises and discussion. Therefore, students are expected to attend all class sessions, complete all assigned readings and come prepared and ready to participate. Attendance will be taken and participation will be evaluated at each class session. Participation in all on-campus sessions in their entirety is mandatory, and students may not be late or leave early for any of these sessions. Failure to be in attendance for the entirety of the session will result in removal from the class.

Research Project 35%
The Research Project is meant to be a culmination of all the learnings in the class; to do well on this assignment it is imperative to draw upon the readings and discussions in presenting your analysis. You may also do outside research and must properly cite your sources. Think of this assignment as a case analysis without a previously written case where you must do the research to understand the situation and context and then make conclusions and/or recommendations.
A proposal for action, no words limit, describing your future leadership achievement, being Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely. In other words, what are you going to achieve and how? Describe the context challenges, your personal resources, how to make them shine, and limitations, how to overcome them.
More information on the Research Project will be available during the sessions.

Module 3

20% class participation
30% individual assignments
50% final exam

Type:	OBL	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	5 ECTS

Liberal Arts I: Perception and self-awareness (2225.YR.014962.1)

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