Chapter 9 Writing Short Reports Critical Thinking Questions 1. Discuss the effects of formality and problem length on report makeup as described in the chapter. (LO1) 2. Which of the prefatory pages of reports appear to be related primarily to the length of the report? Which to the need for formality? (LO1) 3. Describe the role and content of a transmittal message. (LO1) 4. Why is a personal style typically used in the transmittal message? (LO1) 5. Explain how to write
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How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? An assumption is taking something for granted. Assumptions are expecting things to be a certain way based on how similar situations have been in the past, or because we want them to be a certain way (Ruggiero, 2012, pg.185). Making assumptions can get in the way of critical thinking. Critical thinking is a way of looking at things from every perspective, and
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questions: • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? • What are fallacies? How are fallacies used in written, oral, and visual arguments? What might you do to avoid fallacies in your thinking? Cite and reference any sourced material consistent with Associate Level Writing Style Handbook guidelines. 1. According to The Random House Dictionary, assumptions is the act
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Thinking and Decision Making MGT/350 March 4, 2010 Thinking and Decision Making Thinking Styles Emotional Thinkers Emotions are a vital part of the decision making process and the human experience. Emotional thinkers begin with a thought that translates to their behavior. An emotional thinker reaction is in connection to their personal belief system of the environment or culture that they were raise in. Emotions and behavior are the two main characters of an emotional thinker,which
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think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? An assumption is something that is accepted as true or certain to happen, without proof. When you make an assumption you are, ultimately, throwing reasoning out the window because you have replaced critical thinking with, either, hearse or imagination. In order to not let assumptions take control of your critical thinking you, basically, need to only look at what is and
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CITATION The Meaning of Citation Citation is a way writer tells his readers that certain materials in his work comes from another source, it is also a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly manner, It is an abbreviated alphanumeric (combination of both numbers and letters) e.g (Newell84). It gives the readers information necessary to find that source again. This information includes: 1. Information about the author. 2. The title of the
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would know when going on a job interview you should have a resume` present. The three reflections that I really enjoyed throughout the nine weeks of this course are: critical thinking, goal setting, and personal learning style. I have learned a lot of material that I didn’t really absorb in high school. Personal learning style helped me notice the informal writing and casual writing can both distraction and non-distraction my academic learning experience. Using the V.A.R.K. (visual, aural, read/write
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explores the way successful leaders come to new ideas and solutions to their problems by embracing “integrative thinking”. He explains it as having a capacity to hold two opposite ideas at once and finding a middle ground that is superior to both. Even though this article was published in Harvard Business Review and it’s target is educated audience (mostly in business field), language and style of writing are articulate and clean. Author does not use over technical words or examples that common person
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Personality and Communication during Negotiations Larry A. LaPine MGT445 January 23, 2013 Timothy A. Fiscus Personality and Communication during Negotiations There are an unbelievable amount of demands on today's businesses. The increase in globalization, brisk changes in technology, increased competition, and deep environmental concerns have created organizational challenges as well as innovative ideas in working assignments. Within today’s high performance businesses there is a call for
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* Student provides a minimum of three reliable references from the University Library or the Internet. | | The introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points. | | Critical Thinking 50 Points | Points Earned20/20 | Critical thinking skills are exercised by synthesizing major concepts relating to policies, procedures, and collections and using these concepts to design a medical office financial policy appropriate for a selected medical
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