S4003 Career management for scientists

Faculty of Science
spring 2012 - acreditation

The information about the term spring 2012 - acreditation is not made public

Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Vladimír Smékal, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Vladimír Smékal, CSc.
Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
This subject aims to prepare Ph.D. students for the role of leaders of research group in international conditions. It is focused on those activities related with supervising students and dealing the roles in team, team building, people typology, solving conflicts, crisis management, self-marketing. It also provides to students an awareness of their own competencies and qualifications and improving of time and self-management.
Syllabus
  • Self-management of research worker
  • Methods of self-recognitions and self-development
  • Developing of creativity, the approach to new
  • Communication in cooperation
  • Building of team
  • Team roles – personality and social determinants
  • Position in team
  • The role of temperament and character in behaviour
  • Determinants of strategy and tactics of behaviour
  • Attitude to obstacles in problem solving
  • Practical training
  • Collective cooperation
  • Group problem solving
Literature
    recommended literature
  • I'm OK - You're OK (Orig.) : Já jsem OK, ty jsi OK : [transakční analýza, která mění vědomí a chování lidí, kteří nikdy nepoznali pocit, že jsou OK]. info
  • Personality of leading research worker, Belbin, M.: In - West M (1994) Effective Teamwork; The British Psychology Society
  • Covey, St. R. (2004): The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. Free Press, New York.
  • De Bono, E. (1992): Serious creativity – Using the power of lateral thinking … Harper Collins Publ, London.
  • FLICK, Uwe. An introduction to qualitative research. 3rd ed. London: SAGE Publications, 2006, xii, 443. ISBN 1412911451. info
  • SMÉKAL, Vladimír. Hayes, Nicky: Psychologie týmové práce: strategie efektivního vedení týmu - Předmluva k českému vydání (Hayes, Nicky: Managing teams: A stategy for success - A foreword to the Czech edition). 1. vydání. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7178-983-6. info
  • PUNCH, Keith. Developing effective research proposals. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2000, vii, 125. ISBN 0761963561. info
  • MILLER, Arthur F. and Ralph T. MATTSON. Kdo jsem? 1. vyd. Praha: Návrat domů, 1998, 142 s. ISBN 80-85495-81-3. info
Teaching methods
block lecture
Assessment methods
exam
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2016.