Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking and Decision-Making

University of Phoenix

MGT/350

Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision-Making

Instructor: Matthew Palmer

October 4, 2010

Critical Thinking and Decision-Making

Abstract

In this paper Team A will discuss three different types of thinking; creative thinking, which is the ability to look outside the normal range for solutions; logical thinking, is both deductive thinking that uses reasoning with two or more ideas and derives at a conclusion for both, and inductive thinking that normally begins with evidence about people or partial events that allows for a conclusion on the remainder; and persuasive thinking, the ability to influence others into seeing what the idea person is saying. There is a comparison and contrast of these three styles, how to apply critical thinking using these styles into the decision-making process, and provides examples related to work environments that have been experienced by the members of Team A. It is hoped that after reading this paper that the reader will have a better understanding of these three types of critical thinking styles.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss critical thinking styles and its effect of decision-making. The paper contains a compare and contrast, a discussion of three styles of critical thinking, and some workplace examples of these three styles. The three different types of thinking discussed are creative thinking, logical thinking, and persuasive thinking. Creative thinking is the ability to look outside the normal range for solutions, to expand ones paradigms to find creative solutions to everyday problems. Logical thinking is both deductive thinking that uses reasoning with two or more ideas and derives at a conclusion for both, and inductive thinking that normally begins with evidence about people or partial events that allows for a conclusion on the remainder, it is really seeing what you have in the beginning from part of the puzzle and...