Course Description and Outline
CPD 110: Creative Critical Thinking: Advancing Appraisal to Stategic Advising
Pre-requisite: None.
These three lessons provide an introduction to the conceptual foundations underlying consulting and advisory services related to real estate. Students will learn how to: critically analyze the context for real estate problems, creating an effective foundation for further in-depth analysis of issues; effectively apply traditional and online research skills; identify risk and describe how it can be managed in real estate decisions; and develop the "meta-skills" necessary to succeed in the real estate service supply chain.
Course Outline
FOREWORD - Introduction to Professional Development Courses
LESSON 1: Critical Analysis
- Beyond Traditional Roles — Serving Client Needs
- Meta-Skills
- The "Real Estate Entrepreneur"
- Creative Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Elements of Critical Thinking
- Universal Intellectual Standards and Quality of Thought
- How Mental Models Influence Our Thinking and Decision Making
- Mental Models and Ladders of Inference
- Applying Critical Thinking Skills Effectively
- Making the "Right" Decision
- Creative Critical Thinking in Application
LESSON 2: Research Methods
- Introduction: Research and BUSI 460
- Research and Real Estate Analysis
- Practical Applications of Real Estate Research
- The Research Process
- Executing the Research Plan
LESSON 3: Risk Analysis and Learning from Auditing Experience
- Risk Management in Real Estate Decision Making
- Identifying and Accounting for Clients' Risk Tolerance
- The Risk Management Process
- A Risk Model
- Risk Models and the Risk Management Process
- Learning from Experience
AFTERWORD
- The final examination
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