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Welcome to BUS209Organizational Behavior
My name is Dr. Amber George and I am one of the professors that helped develop this course. This course will introduce you to critical thinking, informal logic, and a small amount of formal logic. Its purpose is to provide you with the basic tools of analytical reasoning, which will give you a distinctive edge in various careers and courses of study. While many university courses focus on presenting content knowledge, the emphasis here is on learning how to think effectively. Although the techniques and concepts covered here are classified as philosophical, they are essential to the practice of nearly every major discipline, from the physical sciences and medicine to politics, law, and the humanities.The course includes various reasoning skills, from verbal argument analysis to formal logic, visual and statistical reasoning, scientific methodology, and creative thinking. Mastering these skills will help you become a more perceptive reader and listener, persuasive writer and presenter, and effective researcher and scientist. The first unit introduces the terrain of critical thinking and covers the basics of meaning analysis, while the second unit provides a primer for analyzing arguments. All of the material in these first units will be built upon in subsequent units, which cover informal and formal logic, Venn diagrams, scientific reasoning, and strategic and creative thinking. You can start by reviewing the course learning outcomes and the syllabus, you can find both on the left navigation panel. Let’s get started!
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Source and License: This work is licensed by Saylor Academy under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This content was created using Genially and Synthesia. AI-generated avatars and voices in this video were created using Synthesia and remain subject to Synthesia’s Terms of Service; these elements are not covered by the Creative Commons license. Synthesia trademarks and services remain the property of Synthesia. All Genially proprietary elements such as templates, themes, built-in assets, stock media, and other “Genially Content” remain subject to Genially’s Terms of Service and are not covered by this Creative Commons license. These elements must remain embedded in the course and cannot be reused or redistributed independently.
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This course introduces you to the foundations of critical thinking, informal logic, and introductory formal logic. Its purpose is to equip you with essential tools of analytical reasoning—skills that provide a strong advantage across many careers and academic disciplines.Here are some key takeaways:
- Learn how to think effectively by analyzing arguments, interpreting meaning, and applying logical principles.
- Develop reasoning skills used in a wide range of fields, including the sciences, medicine, law, politics, and the humanities.
- Practice verbal, visual, statistical, and scientific reasoning, along with strategic and creative thinking.
- Explore the basics of meaning analysis in Unit 1 and learn introductory argument analysis in Unit 2.
- Build on these foundations in later units covering informal and formal logic, Venn diagrams, scientific methodology, and advanced reasoning strategies.
You can begin by reviewing the course learning outcomes and the syllabus in the left navigation panel. Let’s get started!
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Welcome to BUS209Organizational Behavior
My name is Dr. Amber George and I am one of the professors that helped develop this course. This course will introduce you to critical thinking, informal logic, and a small amount of formal logic. Its purpose is to provide you with the basic tools of analytical reasoning, which will give you a distinctive edge in various careers and courses of study. While many university courses focus on presenting content knowledge, the emphasis here is on learning how to think effectively. Although the techniques and concepts covered here are classified as philosophical, they are essential to the practice of nearly every major discipline, from the physical sciences and medicine to politics, law, and the humanities.The course includes various reasoning skills, from verbal argument analysis to formal logic, visual and statistical reasoning, scientific methodology, and creative thinking. Mastering these skills will help you become a more perceptive reader and listener, persuasive writer and presenter, and effective researcher and scientist. The first unit introduces the terrain of critical thinking and covers the basics of meaning analysis, while the second unit provides a primer for analyzing arguments. All of the material in these first units will be built upon in subsequent units, which cover informal and formal logic, Venn diagrams, scientific reasoning, and strategic and creative thinking. You can start by reviewing the course learning outcomes and the syllabus, you can find both on the left navigation panel. Let’s get started!
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Source and License: This work is licensed by Saylor Academy under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This content was created using Genially and Synthesia. AI-generated avatars and voices in this video were created using Synthesia and remain subject to Synthesia’s Terms of Service; these elements are not covered by the Creative Commons license. Synthesia trademarks and services remain the property of Synthesia. All Genially proprietary elements such as templates, themes, built-in assets, stock media, and other “Genially Content” remain subject to Genially’s Terms of Service and are not covered by this Creative Commons license. These elements must remain embedded in the course and cannot be reused or redistributed independently.
Source and License: This work is licensed by Saylor Academy under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This content was created using Genially and Synthesia. AI-generated avatars and voices in this video were created using Synthesia and remain subject to Synthesia’s Terms of Service; these elements are not covered by the Creative Commons license. Synthesia trademarks and services remain the property of Synthesia. All Genially proprietary elements such as templates, themes, built-in assets, stock media, and other “Genially Content” remain subject to Genially’s Terms of Service and are not covered by this Creative Commons license. These elements must remain embedded in the course and cannot be reused or redistributed independently.
AI Summary
This course introduces you to the foundations of critical thinking, informal logic, and introductory formal logic. Its purpose is to equip you with essential tools of analytical reasoning—skills that provide a strong advantage across many careers and academic disciplines.Here are some key takeaways:
- Learn how to think effectively by analyzing arguments, interpreting meaning, and applying logical principles.
- Develop reasoning skills used in a wide range of fields, including the sciences, medicine, law, politics, and the humanities.
- Practice verbal, visual, statistical, and scientific reasoning, along with strategic and creative thinking.
- Explore the basics of meaning analysis in Unit 1 and learn introductory argument analysis in Unit 2.
- Build on these foundations in later units covering informal and formal logic, Venn diagrams, scientific methodology, and advanced reasoning strategies.
You can begin by reviewing the course learning outcomes and the syllabus in the left navigation panel. Let’s get started!