...There are various types of thinking styles that help people try to make sense of why people make the decisions that they do in based on different situations. Three examples of thinking styles are emotional thinking, logical thinking, and optimistic thinking. All three of these thinking styles have differences, similarities, and weaknesses. An emotional thinker has four types of abilities. First ability: perceiving with this ability they can detect and read emotions on faces, pictures and voices. Second ability: using emotions with this ability they can change their moods to best fit the situation. Third ability: understanding emotions with this ability they can comprehend emotional language and understand complicated situations among emotions. The final ability is managing emotions, with this ability they can regulate emotions regardless of the mood of the other person and get to the solution. A logical thinker is one that thinks coherently and logical or reasoning. Unlike the emotional thinker, the logical thinker uses their mind rather using their emotions. This is considered to be a cognitive skill and is abstract thinkers. The logical thinker always thinks things through and needs reasoning to get to the solution. They make judgments by circumstantial evidence and conclusions rather on direct observations. An optimistic thinker is one who turns negative thoughts into positive ones. They are always incorporating happiness...
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...Planning and Decision Making Larry Calderon Herzing University Abstract Creating an academic paper has some legitimate aspects to be gathered to bring out a successful paper as output. The academic paper is considered to be the most common assignment assigned to each to know the depth of knowledge they have on the prescribed topic. With the discussion in flow, this paper would discuss the aspects that are necessary for developing an academic paper. I will cover steps involved in researching a topic and collecting data to formulate an academic paper. The item critical thinking with the aspect of decision making will be covered in this document. The academic paper is a presentation of real understanding of the subject, the amount of hard work offered during the research. The document is to be well formatted and organized so that readers can read and escalate the ideas mentioned. Planning and Decision Making Writing an academic paper, initial requirement is gaining knowledge of the subject which is then later researched a lot for better writing flow. An analysis is a next step which leads to a perfect output as an academic paper. There are few necessary steps to develop a good academic paper. The first step is to analyze the paper to be discussed, the analysis is something important which is followed by a sequence of collecting information about the writing through reading many posts, articles or blogs or through research. It is also important it is crucial for students...
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...FORMULATION AND IDENTIFICATION Problem Formulation and Identification Paper By: Team Members University of Phoenix In observing the techniques each of us utilize in our organization, the results are similar. We represent administration, health care, food & beverage, and government agency. Our presentation will show the variety of decision-making techniques and how we apply them to the organizations we represent. We will present how we frame the problems in our workplace, make decisions and evaluate those decisions. Lastly we will present the principles of the decision making process and how we apply those principles in our work place. Meet the Group Hi, my name is __________. I work as an administrative assistant in a major hospital in my area. The decision-making style that is most prevalent in my organization is rationale thinking. The tools and techniques that are commonly used to make decisions in my organization are to evaluating the problems by comparing the outcomes of each possible solution and applying the process of elimination. One of the techniques that my organization pushes in the institute is a tool for safety called SBAR. SBAR is an acronym that stands for situation, background, assessment, recommendation or request. I would compare SBAR to the rational style of thinking, in addition to brainstorming once the assessment has been made. The thinker firsts gets an understanding...
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...[pic] School of Business Syllabus MGT/350 Version 5 Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making Lou Ferracane Course Start Date: 10/26/2010 Course End Date: 11/23/2010 Campus/Learning Center: Oklahoma City Campus Please print a copy of this syllabus for handy reference. Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Copyright Copyright © 2009, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Facilitator Information Lou Ferracane ferracal@email.phoenix...
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...Running head: CRITICAL THINKING APPLICATION PAPER Critical Thinking Application Paper Beatriz Whitman University of Phoenix Critical thinking: Strategies in decision-making 350 Robert Wenger July 26, 2010 Critical Thinking Application Paper Making decisions is a skill that people use daily in their personal and professional lives. Although people make decisions often, knowing how to think critically is a learned skill that not everyone does effectively. Thinking critically allows a decision-maker to analyze a problem or situation in a structured fashion to come to a sound conclusion. In this paper I will explain critical thinking and provide an example from my own personal experience applying critical thinking in the workplace. I will also look at the importance and benefits of critical thinking in the decision-making process. “Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically” (The Critical Thinking Community [CTC], 2009, para 8). Effective critical thinkers are non-discriminatory, which enables them to consider all relevant viewpoints equally without letting assumptions or bias interfere. These strong-sense critical thinkers place value in the fair and just and make ethical decisions (Paul & Elder, 2006). To think critically, a person must have the ability to view...
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...Running head: Thinking and Decision Making 1 Thinking and Decision Making Paper Learning Team B MGT/350 Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making Donna Rumrill, Eboni High, Portia Mack, Wesley Wendtland February 12, 2012 Instructor Michelle Malone Thinking and Decision Making 2 Decisions will have to be made as people go through life. In some cases, our decisions are big and then there are some cases where our decisions are small. When making decisions, there is a process that a person goes through. There are different types of thinking styles and thought processes. The way someone feels, believes, attitude, and associate ideas can contribute to their thinking style. There are numerous thinking styles and methods of thinking which usually makes thought processes individualized to where people think and make decisions differently. This paper will discuss and analyze three different types of thinking styles. The thinking styles that will be discussed in this paper are the persuasive, scientific and the pessimistic thinking style. This paper will compare and contrast the three different styles and discuss how each affects the critical thinking process. This paper will also incorporate critical thinking to the decision making process by including the discussion on workplace examples that involve the three different types...
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...Decision- Making Paper AJS/512 December 4, 2013 Decision- Making Paper The purpose for this paper is to describe the group decision-making process in any organization. The paper will have one successful and one unsuccessful experience that involved with group decision-making. After these example the paper will discus the factor that affects the group’s overall effectiveness, drawing from the text. In any organization individual, team, and group decision-making process is part of every day life. In today’s society there are different thinking styles and decision-making because of the different diversity. Thinking styles can be categorized into three groups which are persuasive, creative, and logical. Individuals use types of thinking styles to make a decision in their professional lives as well as personal. Many times the way individuals approach the different methods of thinking come from what they had learned when they were children. This comes from experiences in which they may have been involved, witnessed growing up, or during work experience. Persuasive thinking will always affect more than one person while logical and creative thinking can affect individuals, team, and group. There is a fine line drawn between persuasive thinking and manipulating. Both involve getting other to accept the way of thinking that individual posses, the different being whether or not individuals let other know they are trying to influence them or not. Persuasive...
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...head: THINKING AND DECISION MAKING PAPER Thinking and Decision Making Paper Ebonique Barber University of Phoenix Thinking and Decision Making Paper People use different thinking styles everyday to communicate, remember, and distinguish information to help with solving problems. “Critical thinking is the art of thinking about thinking while thinking in order to make thinker better” (Kirby & Goodpaster, 2007, p.1). Thinking is not a simple process as many people may think it is, there are several different thinking styles for every situation that an individual may come across in his or her daily activities. These different thinking styles are modified to different effects on a problem or issue. In addition this is another variable that should be taken into consideration. There are four types of critical thinking styles to be analyzed and these consist of creative, logical, emotional, and persuasive thinking. Creative thinking is when an individual view existing problems or situations with a new approach or technique (encourage individuals to think outside the box). Logical thinking is a structured way of thinking that give reasoning to reach conclusions. However, logical thinking involves deductive and inductive reasoning that give the ability to tell the differences in misleading notion. As for persuasive thinking, it engages getting an audience to believe, go along, and agree with what a person want or say. In addition, with the persuasive thinking style...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper By Monica Berry University of Phoenix August 1, 2011 MGT/350 Karen Allen Critical Thinking Application Paper In this paper I will discuss the experience of applying critical thinking to personal and business decisions. Critical thinking decisions will require people to think from both sides of the problem to come up with a solution not biased. What is Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the process of thinking of possible outcomes and findings, and determining if weighing all answers and possible explanations to reach the best decision for this situation. A good critical thinker knows how to examine an issue from all sides, how to make rational decisions and how to with personal judgment or bias, and looking at the situation objectively. Personal Experience with Critical Thinking In personal decision- making, it involves making the best decision for not just that moment but for long-term reasons. Some people only make decisions based on the immediate future, but it should also include long-term. My personal decision would be deciding to enroll in school. I went back and forth with the what if’s and why not’s, I sat down and made a plan for myself ,which included short and long- term goals. I made the goals where they were attainable. Then once I saw the planner I decided it was time to take the next step. I became disabled in1999, but they did not say I could not go to school or work I just had to...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper Laura Jones Mgt 350 January 10, 2010 Bill Shell Critical Thinking Application Paper A person uses critical thinking daily without realizing what he or she is doing. Critical thinking helps people make decisions, small or large. A person will use critical thinking on a personal level, such as buying a house or a car or even down to whether he or she should buy a shirt. In the business world, people will use critical thinking skills to make decisions that impact the company. As this paper progresses, I will be discussing what critical thinking is, the steps that are taken when using the critical thinking process, an example of how I used critical thinking in the workplace, and the benefits and importance of using critical thinking when making a decision. What is Critical Thinking? According to Dictionary.com critical thinking is defined as “the mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion” (2010). Critical thinking in the ideal form is based on broad intelligent values that surpass situational division. By this I am meaning to make use of good critical thinking, one must use accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance to the situation, good reasoning, facts, and clarifying the situation (National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, 2009). University of Phoenix has nine...
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...Week Three: Decision Making Details Objectives 3.1 Describe tools and/or techniques used in decision making. 3.2 Examine decision-making models and influences. 3.3 Apply a decision-making technique to a situation. Readings Read Ch. 14 of Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life. Read Ch. 1–3 of Smart Things to Know About Decision Making. Read Ch. 4, 12–26 of Decide & Conquer: Make Winning Decisions and Take Control of Your Life. Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. Participate in class discussion. Respond to weekly discussion questions. W3 8 2% Participation Discussion Questions Nongraded Activities and Preparation Decisions in Paradise Business Scenario For Weeks Three through Five, you will work individually using the Decisions in Paradise Business Scenario located on your student website as the basis for these three assignments. In this scenario, you will play the role of Nik, and your current employer is the organization represented by Alex, Nik, and Chris. You will also use the mission of your current organization to assist you in decision making in discussing this business scenario. There are three phases to this assignment which will be cumulative, meaning that each part will build upon the next. You will use this paper and feedback from your instructor as input to improve your Week Four and Week Five assignments. The three deliverables for this project are: Week Three: Decisions in Paradise Paper, Part I Week Four:...
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...Thinking and Decision Making Paper MGT 350 Barak Morton Jason Fynewever, Miranda Snyder Tia Fraser Tammy Wilson The world is a very diverse place made up many different cultures which would lead to many different look at a situation. With the diverse country we live in we have to take into account all the different thinking styles as well as different decision making processes to come to a decision that is best. With all of the different thinking styles we are able to make decisions in both our professional and personal life in which would be based on many the many aspects of our life. Throughout this paper we will be examining similarities and differences between three thinking styles: emotional, logical and optimistic. As a team we will compare and contrast these three different types of thinking styles as well as comment on how each affects the critical thinking process. We will also apply critical thinking to the decision-making process by discussing workplace examples. These examples will highlight each of the three different thinking styles we chose for this paper. Emotional Thinking Style In times of high emotion one is quick to respond rather than to use critical thinking to consider the situation and the possible consequences of the response. Emotional Thinking refers to the ability or inability to distinguish emotions and thoughts, or how one successfully (or unsuccessfully) applies sound judgment and reasoning to situations...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper Juan Vigil MGT/350 May 19, 2011 Robert Sell Critical Thinking Application Paper The world in which we as Americans live in is changing rapidly from social, economic, political, and even technological advancements. More than ever, we are face with new approaches to deal with these changes and to operate a business. This requires thinking critically and making wise decisions. “Thinking is the activity of the brain that can potentially be communicated” (Kirby & Goodpaster, 2007, p. 6). As organizations and businesses strive for success, one will be part of these changes that will result in positive or negative outcomes for the business. In order for a business to be successful, one should sharpen its ability to think critically and make good decisions. The concept of using critical thinking is not easy; however within this paper critical thinking will be defined, along with a real work- related example of critical thinking, and the importance of critical thinking in the decision making process. Critical thinking occurs to everyone on day-to-day basis to once a day to frequent times a day. Critical thinking is important to our lives because it enables us to make the best choice from a certain circumstance. Critical thinking not only is an important part of our personal lives, but as well as for our professional lives. The ability to think critically will have a positive impact to one’s organization in terms of profitability...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper University of Phoenix MGT 350 Oretha Johnson The purpose of this paper is to provide an example from personal experience in applying critical thinking to a work-related decision, and the importance and benefits of critical thinking in the decision-making processes. Using a work related decision and personal experience, conveying the importance of critical thinking in this decision-making process will reveal itself in the form of a question, and an opinion (Wilder, 2001). Critical thinking is the mode of thinking about a problem, subject or content in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon them (Paul & Elder, 2006). The court system is a demanding industry and requires a great deal of critical thinking. I retired in March 2012 as the Administrative Coordinator of Operations for the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office. This job had high-level responsibilities and authority as well as tough decision making. I used critical thinking as a measuring rod and a means of making effective decisions. There was an employee on my team that was not performing her job duties. She was a likable person and was favored by the boss. On another note, she was experiencing challenges at home and with her health. I had to find a logical reason for the cause of the problem, in terms of her work performance. My findings...
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...Critical Thinking Application Hazael Mendez MGT 350 October 4, 2012 Luz Negron Alvarez University of Phoenix Critical Thinking Application Critical thinking is the method of studying a dilemma in order to reach the most reasonable deduction. In a nutshell it is the method of examining, and making the situation better (Paul and Elder, 2007). A critical thinker is more productive as a member of staff and as an individual. Critical thinking is fundamental in a commerce atmosphere working to eliminate swift managerial decisions. Asserting critical thinking skills makes it possible for individuals to formulate knowledgeable decisions. Critically thinking helps individuals to be aware of the trouble and the origin of the trouble. When the dilemma is recognized, utilizing critical thinking allows us to arrive at possible solutions to the problem. The decision making method permits individuals to consider every decision and decide which decision best works to resolve the problem. Critical thinking is presents itself to everyone, everywhere. Critical Thinking is used constantly at work and has an abundance of importance and benefits. Everyone must learn what critical thinking is, how it is used, and how to use it, so better decisions can be made. Critical Thinking consists of mental processes of discernment, analysis and evaluation. It includes possible processes of reflecting upon a concrete or insubstantial item...
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