BIK 2915 Coaching, Mentoring and Positive Psychology
APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
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BIK 2915 Coaching, Mentoring and Positive Psychology Responsible for the course Morten Emil Berg Department Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Term According to study plan ECTS Credits 7,5 Language of instruction Norwegian Introduction Personal development, manager as coach and coaching culture This advanced course is suitable for participants who have completed previous ground course in coaching and want a further practical appliance of the coaching and mentoring. This might imply developing their own leadership style in direction of manager as coach, or further develop their approach to consulting and teaching, inspired by coaching. Helping individuals and teams to "flourish" is the overall purpose of coaching. Hence we will support and challenge participants in developing both their professional role and their personal role. The ideal being the full and meaningful life.The scientific foundation of coaching is positive psychology and cognitive behavioural coaching and mentoring constitute the practical tools. Learning outcome Objectives for knowledge acquisition Students should have acquired
Objectives for skills acquisiton
Attitudes
Prerequisites Students should have a basic background in coaching. This might imply having completed one of the following courses: BIK2400 Coaching, self-management and emotional intelligence or BIN 25012 Manager as mentor and coach, corresponding to min. 6 studiepoeng. Students should also have a fairly good knowledge of the book Berg, M.E.B. (2006) Coaching. Å hjelpe ledere og medarbeidere til å lykkes Compulsory reading Books: Cox, Elaine,Tatiana Bachkirova and David Clutterbuck, eds. 2010. The complete handbook of coaching. Sage. (416 sider) Linley, P. Alex, Susan Harrington, Nicola Garcea, eds. 2010. Oxford handbook of positive psychology and work. Oxford University Press. (332 sider) Recommended reading Books: Biswas-Diener, Robert and Ben Dean. 2007. Positive psychology coaching : putting the science of happiness to work for your clients. John Wiley Cranwell-Ward, Jane, Patricia Bossons and Sue Gover. 2004. Mentoring : a Henley review of best practice. Palgrave Macmillan Neenan, Michael and Windy Dryden. 2005. Livscoaching : tenk annerledes, lev bedre. Kaleidoskopet Passmore, J., ed. 2010. Excellence in coaching : the industry guide. 2nd ed. Kogan Page Seligman, Martin E.P. 2009. Ekte lykke : den nye positive psykologien. Universitetsforlaget Course outline Introduction: 4 basic ideas of coaching and mentoring
Positive psychology: The scientific foundation
Life strategies
Identifying and developing signature-strengths
Deficit strategies or abundance strategies?
Fundamental job orientations
Positive feelings
Model for cognitive behavioural coaching: PRACTICE
Thinking traps and the ABCDEF-technique
The SPACE model and the CLEAR process
Coaching specializations
Testing and training process
Computer-based tools itslearning Learning process and workload In class, we will emphesize a supportive and challenging environment. The learning process will take place partly in groups consisting of 3 - 6 students. The group members will act as coaches and mentors to each other.The practical training will be an essential part of the learning process. We will also invite professional coaches to share their tools and experiences. The course will normally be implemented as 3 moduls consisting of 2 days. Examination The final evaluation will consist of a 72 hours home-exam which might be the product of individual work, or a team of 3 students. A preliminary case will be handed out on the first day of the course. This case will normally entail having either (a) 6 - 15 coaching dialogues or (b) 2 - 4 mentoring dialogues. The home exam will require an analysis and evaluation of those dialogues. The candidate will choose topic a or b. The text to be handed in should consist of max. 25 pages. All aids are permitted. Examination code(s) BIK 29153- The take home exam, 72 hours, counts 100% of the achieved grade in BIK 2915 - 7,5 credits Examination support materials Re-sit examination Re-sit at the next ordinary exam. Additional information |
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