Cognitive planning and executive functions : applications in management and education /
J.P. Das & Sasi B. Misra.
Bok Engelsk 2016 J. P. Das
| Medvirkende | Misra, Sasi B., (author.)
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| Omfang | 1 online resource : : illustrations
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Concepts -- Cognitive planning in the context of PASS theory -- Models of planning : past and current -- Planning and executive functions and the brain -- Deconstructing executive functions -- Executive functions, planning and intelligence : can brain localization help? -- Attention, planning and executive functions : assessment -- Separating planning and attention -- Assessments : history and selected studies -- Planning and executive function tests : ready for use -- Applications in management and education -- Rational and irrational in managerial behaviour -- Cognitive competence and managerial behaviour -- The influence of emotions and will -- Enhancement of educational achievement & decision-making -- Planning in writing : compositions and oral narratives -- Verbalization enhances planning : application in education -- Math learning -- Programs for cognitive strategy training -- Planning and decision-making : training for enhancement -- Revisits and reprise -- References -- Index -- About the authors.. - What lies behind decision-making and improved educational and managerial performance? This book tries to answer by putting forth meaningful strategies in the context of planning and executive functions. This is based on five broad themes: decisions are based on both emotions and rationality in varying proportions; emotions and rationality are functions of the brain; origin of planning and executive functions engaged in problem-solving, and how these functions are measured from three worlds, viz., world of physical objects, world of conscious and unconscious states and psychological control, and world of cultural products; improvement in planning and executive functions helps in better performance in both educational achievements and managerial decision-making; methods to boost decision-making and planning.. - Specialized.
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| ISBN | 93-5150-162-0. - 93-5150-460-3. - 93-5150-782-3
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