Critical Thinking Assignment
Topic: Critical Thinking Assignment
Oluwarotimi Onyoh
AMBA 610 9042 The Manager in Organizations and Society (2152)
Professor Thomas Youngblood
University of Maryland University College
21st April, 2015
Introduction:
It is a statement of fact that everyone on planet earth think but the question is how and what do people think. Good thinking is being able to think through a problem and it requires training, patience and practice which take a lot of hard work. Critical thinking can therefore be described as a process of carefully making sensible/logical decisions after carefully considering the good and bad qualities of an issue with accuracy and precision.
The thinking process comprises of two main activities which one gathering or collecting data/information and drawing conclusions based on data/information collected. A good thinker can be identified by the way and manner data collected is evaluated and conclusion drawn. A critical thinker will collect information, evaluates information, draw conclusions using logic and finally evaluates logical conclusions (panning- for – gold style of thinking), while one who does not think critically will only collect information and draw conclusions without logic (the sponge approach)
Browne and Keely (2013) examines the relationship between the right questions and drawing logical conclusions. They defined Critical thinking as being aware of questions that are connected and having the desire and required skill to actually ask and answer these critical questions in a suitable way. In order to arrive at a logical conclusion, this paper will apply Asking the Right questions which will give one an initial sense of the required skills to carefully analyze issues that have been highlighted in the memo initiated by Mr. Arid Ravaswami (Vice-President of Human Resources) and addressed to Ms. Cynthia Castle (CEO, CHCM) in respect of the proposal requesting Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa (CHCM) to invest $100,000
Oluwarotimi Onyoh
AMBA 610 9042 The Manager in Organizations and Society (2152)
Professor Thomas Youngblood
University of Maryland University College
21st April, 2015
Introduction:
It is a statement of fact that everyone on planet earth think but the question is how and what do people think. Good thinking is being able to think through a problem and it requires training, patience and practice which take a lot of hard work. Critical thinking can therefore be described as a process of carefully making sensible/logical decisions after carefully considering the good and bad qualities of an issue with accuracy and precision.
The thinking process comprises of two main activities which one gathering or collecting data/information and drawing conclusions based on data/information collected. A good thinker can be identified by the way and manner data collected is evaluated and conclusion drawn. A critical thinker will collect information, evaluates information, draw conclusions using logic and finally evaluates logical conclusions (panning- for – gold style of thinking), while one who does not think critically will only collect information and draw conclusions without logic (the sponge approach)
Browne and Keely (2013) examines the relationship between the right questions and drawing logical conclusions. They defined Critical thinking as being aware of questions that are connected and having the desire and required skill to actually ask and answer these critical questions in a suitable way. In order to arrive at a logical conclusion, this paper will apply Asking the Right questions which will give one an initial sense of the required skills to carefully analyze issues that have been highlighted in the memo initiated by Mr. Arid Ravaswami (Vice-President of Human Resources) and addressed to Ms. Cynthia Castle (CEO, CHCM) in respect of the proposal requesting Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa (CHCM) to invest $100,000