Practical traction after a hard hit—field notes and tools for rebuilding without performative positivity
A reflection on Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from Sixty Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today, published by The School of Life Introduction Great Thinkers is not easily confined to one academic subject. It brings together philosophy, political theory, sociology, psychology, Eastern thought, art, architecture, and literature. Its purpose is not simply to explain what … Continue reading Learning Journal: Great Thinkers
A reflection on Essentials of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World, Fifth Canadian Edition, by Jeffrey S. Nevid, Spencer A. Rathus, Beverly Greene, and Linda Knight Introduction Essentials of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World examines psychological disorders, their possible causes, their effects on individuals and families, and the different approaches used in assessment and … Continue reading Learning Journal: Essentials of Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World
A reflection on The World of Psychology, Ninth Canadian Edition, by Samuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood, Denise Boyd, Eileen Wood, and Serge Desmarais Introduction The World of Psychology provides a broad introduction to the scientific study of human thought, emotion, and behaviour. The book examines how biological processes, personal experiences, relationships, learning, culture, and … Continue reading Learning Journal: The World of Psychology
C. Wright Mills’ The Sociological Imagination through communication, conflict management, and the Standing on the Ledge framework Introduction In The Sociological Imagination, published in 1959, C. Wright Mills argues that people can understand their lives more clearly when they connect personal biography with social structure and historical change. His best-known distinction is between personal troubles … Continue reading From Personal Trouble to Organizational Issue
Decision-Making and Creativity Student: Kevin McLaughlin Course: MGT2382 Organizational Behaviour Date: July 10, 2026 Central reflection: A decision process can be rational without pretending that the people making the decision are perfectly rational. Introduction Module 7 changed the way I think about decision-making because it does not present decisions as a simple contest between logic … Continue reading Learning Journal – Module 7
This learning journal examines the full scope of Chapter 7 by treating decision-making as both a logical process and a human process. It begins with rational choice, then questions the assumptions underneath that model: whether the problem has been defined honestly, whether information is accurate and supplied above board, whether goals conflict, whether important alternatives … Continue reading Week 6 Learning Journal
Organizational Behaviour on the Ledge: What We Have Learned So Far Standing on the Ledge began as a record of collapse, but the Organizational Behaviour learning journals have started to give that collapse a working language. At first, SOTL was about impact: what happens when the floor drops out, when work disappears, when trust breaks, … Continue reading Learning to See the System
This is Week 3.5 because the reading guide and facilitator guide did not line up with the same material, which means I missed a chapter. This entry corrects that gap and brings the material into one continuous learning journal. The chapter matters because it deals with something underneath almost every workplace decision: self-concept, how people … Continue reading Organizational Behaviour Learning Journal Week 3.5
Personality, Values, Jungian Type Theory, the Dark Triad, and Perception in Organizations MGT2382 Organizational Behaviour Topic focus: This journal entry reviews Chapter 2 of Canadian Organizational Behaviour, 12th Edition, including personality, the nature-versus-nurture debate, the Five-Factor Model, Jungian personality theory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Dark Triad, and values. It also extends the reflection into … Continue reading Organizational Behaviour — Week 3 Learning Journal
A learning-journal bridge between conflict styles, the Five-Factor Model, and the way personality shows up under pressure inside organizations.
Standing on the Ledge 