PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES OF THE “DECISION MAKING” COURSE FOR THE STUDENTS AT LM-63 - CURRICULUM “PUBLIC MANAGEMENT”
PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES OF THE “DECISION MAKING” COURSE
FOR THE STUDENTS AT LM-63 - CURRICULUM “PUBLIC MANAGEMENT”
The exercises have to be sent through the following google form within 1 week of the final test
COURSE - 4 CFU (28 hr Video lessons and exercises)
Video lesson by Paul Slovic - Confronting the deadly arithmetic of compassion
Video lesson by Daniel Kahneman - Lecture on Intuition
Video lesson by Ruth Chang: How to make hard choice
Video lesson by Dan Gilbert - Why we make bad decisions
Video lesson by Dan Gilbert - The surprising science of happiness
Video lesson byimona Botti: What if we have too much information?
Video lesson by Barry Schwartz - Our loss of wisdom
Video lesson by Simona Botti: Three insights about choice freedom
Video lesson by Malcom Gladwell: On spaghetti sauce
Video lesson by Daniel Goldstein - The battle between your present and future self
Video lesson by Kathryn Schulz - Don't regret regret
Video lesson by Daniel Kahneman: "Thinking, Fast and Slow"
Exercises:
Synthesize and comment on the previous scholar's video lessons
Paper:
1981 Tversky and Kahneman - The framing of decisions and the psychology of choice
COURSE - 5 CFU (35 hr Video lessons and exercises)
All the teaching material of the 4 CFU Course +
Video lesson by Dan Ariely - How to change your behavior for the better
Video lesson by Dan Ariely - What makes us feel good about our work
Video lesson by Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational
Exercises:
Synthesize and comment on the previous scholar's video lessons
Paper:
2009 Botti et al. - Autonomy and Emotional Responses to Medical Decisions
COURSE - 6 CFU (42 hr Video lessons and exercises)
All the teaching material of the 5 CFU Course +
Video lesson by Stephen Carter: Decision Making deconstructed
Video lesson by Matthew Confer: Three steps to better decision making
Video lesson by Simona Botti: Three insights about choice freedom
Exercises:
Synthesize and comment on the previous scholar's video lessons
Paper:
2000 Schwartz - Self-determination _ The tyranny of freedom
COURSE PAPERS TO DOWNLOAD
At the following link you can download all the papers of the course "Decision Making":
Students are required to study only those papers that are indicated in the chosen course according to the credits (CFU) to be achieved. It should be noted that the compressed file containing the papers is password protected. To obtain it, you must send an email from your institutional account (name.surname@community.unipa.it) to Salvatore Lorito (salvatore.lorito@unipa.it). This password must be kept confidential by the student and not disclosed to third parties.
PROCEDURE FOR THE PROOF OF FITNESS OF THE "DECISION MAKING" COURSE
The PROOF OF FITNESS of the Decision Making Course consists of an interview with two questions on the topics of the Course and a question on the exercises done by the student.
All the exercises have to be sent through the following google form no later than one week before the PROOF OF FITNESS
The Commission members are Prof. F. Ceresia and Prof. R. Misuraca. The PROOF OF FITNESS will be in English. Please note that this PROOF OF FITNESS will not require any student’s digital signature. However, if the PROOF OF FITNESS will be online, students have to follow the same instructions specified in the manual of the University of Palermo regarding online exams (decree no. 950 of 23/03/2020 prot. 27039 of the Rector of UNIPA);
The PROOF OF FITNESS will take place on the prof. Francesco Ceresia’s room at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Via Ugo Antonio Amico 4, Palermo (or on a Teams room if the online proof will be authorized) on February 10rd, June 30th and September 8th, 2021 at 08.00 AM.
The PROOF OF FITNESS can only be taken by students who sent to didatticadems@unipa.it the "REQUEST TO CARRY OUT THE PROOF OF FITNESS OF THE COURSE "DECISION MAKING" - in PDF format - to the attention of Dr. Riccardo Tantillo, with an identity document attached.
Requests to take the PROOF OF FITNESS - can be done only through the Request Form provided by the DEMS Department and must be sent to didatticadems@unipa.it not later than:
- January 31th (to take the test on February 10rd, 2021)
- June 15th (to take the test on June 30th, 2021)
- August 26st (to take the test on September 8th, 2021)
Requests to take the PROOF OF FITNESS will not be accepted if received after these dates.
If the PROOF OF FITNESS will be made online, students who are planning to take the PROOF OF FITNESS are invited to request access to the Teams “room” called “PROOF OF FITNESS OF DECISION MAKING COURSE”, almost 7 days before the date of the PROOF OF FITNESS, through a TEAMS link that will be communicate later.