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Welcome to this online course and we wish you a fulfilling learning experience!

 

  • Course Code: OB250x
  • Course Name: Crafting Realities: Work, Happiness, and Meaning
  • Course Instructor: Prof. Ramya Ranganathan
  • Course Team: IIMBx, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
  • This course is open to all educational and professional backgrounds
  • There are no mandatory pre-requisites for this course apart from reading/writing skills in the English language
  • Please follow the highest level of integrity and respectful online conduct for this course

 

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Week Title

Topics Covered

Content/Effort

Grading % Assessments

 

1

 

Crafting Realities

 

v  Crafting Realities

v  Sensemaking In The Brain

v  Objective And Subjective Reality

v  Creating Change

 

5 Videos

1 Ungraded Activity

Effort - 2 Hours

 

 

10%

5 MCQs

 

2

 

Demystifying Success

 

v  What Does Success Mean To You?

v  Conscious And Unconscious Borrowing

v  Why Go With The Herd?

v  Tuning Into Personal Values

 

20 Videos

2 Ungraded Activities

Effort - 3 Hours

 

 

20%

10 MCQs

 

3

 

Accepting Failure

 

v  Fear Of Failure

v  Label Of Failure

v  Regret

v  Prison of Perfectionism

 

28 Videos

2 Ungraded Activities

Effort - 5 Hours

 

 

20%

10 MCQs

 

4

 

Redefining Work

 

v  Polarities Of work

v  Flow

v  Work And Play

v  Leisure

 

30 Videos

2 Ungraded Activities

Effort - 6 Hours

 

 

20%

10 MCQs

 

5

 

Leveraging Emotions

 

v  Physical Structure Of Brain

v  Happiness And Productivity

v  Inherent Bias Towards Negative

v  Shifting Happiness Baseline

v  Playing To Our Strengths

v  Dealing With Negative Emotions

 

15 Videos

2 Ungraded Activities

Effort - 5 Hours

 

 

20%

10 MCQs

 

6

 

Continuing The Journey

 

v  Creating And Sustaining Change

v  Overcoming Status Quo Bias

v  Avoiding Judgements

v  Flow, Vision And Happiness

v  Sustaining Energy

 

9 Videos

Effort - 3 Hours

 

 

10%

5 MCQs

 

Points to Remember:

  • Course end date – 02/ February /2023, 3:30 PM IST
  • Last date to submit all graded assessments – 02/ February /2023, 3:30 PM IST
  • To receive a verified certificate, you should get a score of 60% or higher. Check course homepage for verified certificate deadline and payment procedures
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Note: MCQs- Multiple Choice Questions; UTC – Coordinated Universal Time