...Running head: CRITICAL THINKING APPLICATION Critical Thinking Application Paper Critical Thinking Application Critical thinking is the art of thinking about thinking while thinking to make things better. It involves three interwoven phases: It analyzes thinking, it evaluates thinking it improves thinking. “Critical Thinking as defined by the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, 1987 A statement by Michael Scriven and Richard Paul for the {presented at the 8th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Education Reform, Summer 1987}. “Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluation information gathered by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.” (The Critical Thinking Community, 2009) Critical thinking of any kind in never universal in an individual; everyone will have an episode of undisciplined or irrational thought. Critical thinking has much to do with the quality and depth of experience in a given domain of thinking or respect to a particular class of questions. “No one is a critical thinker through-and-through, but only to such-and-such...
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...Critical thinking paper When I registered for “Essence of Enterprise” class, I have thought that it will assist me to mastering my leadership skills in business world either as a team member or a leader. I have realized that business is not all about making money, but I have known clear yet how I should function in business and what tools I need to deal with it. Therefore, I believe this course can be a tool to help me sharpening my skills and visions in business world. I have learned slightly the leadership concept based on my working experience in banking industry for five years. As an institution engaged in the trust, my company really put forward the human ability rather than skill ability. Human factors either managers or subordinates determine the success of the company. Everyone in the company needs to know the personality of superiors, subordinates or co-workers and how to deal with them effectively. For example, if a manager has to deal with an employee who has low competency, he should give a clear instruction to this employee. This subordinate needs detailed guidance and strict supervision. Conversely, if the subordinate has a high competency and enough confidence in performing his duty, the manager may delegate the task with a brief direction on the goal achieved. According to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership article, the author introduces the five practices of exemplary leadership which are model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process...
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...Critical Thinking Essay We have many different levels of thinking. Some of the things that we do in our lives, such as breathing, walking, blinking, etc become almost instinctive and we really do not have to think much about them. Some things require more thought, such as deciding what to eat, or what to wear for a particular occasion. There are even higher levels of thinking and these include our critical thinking abilities. Many scholars have noted that critical thinking is more of a skill than a process and it mainly consists of evaluating arguments. It is a purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanations of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, or contextual considerations upon which the judgment is based (Astleitner 2002). In general, "critical thinking" is a mental activity of evaluating arguments or propositions and making judgments that can guide the development of beliefs and taking action. It has also been found that experts from economy and education nominated critical thinking as the most important skill in knowledge management (Astleitner 2002). It is very important to make decisions the right decisions quickly, and this usually requires critical thinking on the part of the decision maker (Abelson and Levi 1998; Carroll and Johnson 1990). Decisions can be very simple (deciding what you are going to eat for lunch today) or very complex (deciding where and how to build your house)...
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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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...Critical Thinking Application Paper Augie Ruyle MGT/350 Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making Matthew Swanson University of Phoenix June 6, 2011 This Critical Thinking Application Paper that you are about to read will include a few descriptions of critical thinking, along with a few of the importance and benefits of critical thinking in the decision-making processes, and examples of a personal experience in applying critical thinking to a work related decision. Thank you and enjoy the reading. From the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, is a well known psychological test of critical thinking ability. The authors of this test define critical thinking as: …a composite of attitudes, knowledge, and skills. This composite includes: (1). attitudes of inquiry that involves an ability to recognize the existence of problems and an acceptance of the general need for evidence in support of what is asserted to be true; (2). Knowledge of the nature of valid inferences, abstractions, and generalizations in which the weight or accuracy of different kinds of evidence are logically determined; and (3). Skills in employing and applying the above attitudes and knowledge. Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking skills will be able to: understand the logical connection between ideas, identify, construct and evaluate arguments, detect...
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...CRITICAL THINKING APPLICATION VIRGINIA RACKINS MGT/350 JUNE 13, 2011 This paper will explain critical thinking and it will also explain the importance of a person’s ability to think critically. Also in this paper I will describe a personal experience that uses the critical thinking skill and how I benefited from using those skills Critical thinking is being able to make clear and rational decisions. A critical thinker must clear his or her mind to make a good sound decision. Critical thinking is a tool that people use in everyday life. Critical thinking is a tool that a person uses no matter what profession him or her is in. In the business world today critical thinking is an important tool to use because when an organization uses critical thinking he or she uses it to hire employees or for making decisions that will benefit the organization. People use his or her thinking skills for various reasons. He or she may use it to job search or try to figure out what to wear. Critical thinking is beneficial to the decision making process and everyone uses it in his or her life daily. Critical thinking can help us process information better and it also analyzes the information quicker. Critical thinking is a skill that a supervisor or an employee may use on the job. At work a person maybe faced with situations that need the skill of critical thinking. Using this skillful tool all the time a person will improve the quality of ones own thinking...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper Linda Page MGT/350 August 6, 2011 Hawthorne Welcher Critical Thinking Application Paper According to Paul and Elder (2006) Critical thinking is the art of thinking about thinking while thinking in order to make thinking better. It involves three interwoven phases: it analyzes thinking, it evaluates thinking, and it improves thinking. When the author thinks of decision-making and critical thinking, she knows that they go hand in hand. The author is employed by the Fort Gordon Commissary, which is a military grocery store. Within her department there are three store associates/ tellers and one lead teller, they all handle customer services. Being the lead teller the author has a major reasonability to up hold, especially with customer services. Our customers expect us to be able to fix whatever is wrong with their order, from over rings to lost items. There are days where the author has to make decision as to whether if the customer is due a refund or a simple exchange of an item or if the situation that the customer is complaining about is a bagger problem. This is where the author believes their biggest problem is the baggers and the way they bag. A lot of the time the tellers has to evaluate if the situation, to see if the bagger did damage the customer groceries or if the customer is trying to get over. The way that the tellers have been able to analyze the problem, is to tell the customer if there is any damage to their grocer the...
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...Abstract 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 industrious as a member of staff and as an individual. Critical thinking is crucial in a commerce atmosphere working to eradicate 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 acknowledged, 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 settle the dilemma. Critical Thinking Application Paper MGT350 September 6, 2010 Queen Lane Abstract 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 industrious as a member of staff and as an individual. Critical thinking is crucial in a commerce atmosphere working to eradicate 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...
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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 Paper Critical Thinking Application Paper University of Phoenix April Armstrong Instructor Karen Amabile Date August 3, 2009 Critical Thinking Application Paper Critical thinking can be described as identifying and challenging assumptions and exploring and imagining alternatives. The idea of not having critical thinking would be to believe everyone no matter what they are saying. Everyone would believe all the commercials on television, any politicians who are giving his or her election speeches, all reading material that is read, and it must be correct if certain organizations are doing it. Critical thinking has eight main components that are known as perception, assumptions, emotion, language, argument, fallacy, logic, and problem solving. Perception is the how an individual receives or explains our personal experiences and how it is received interprets what that person thinks about a certain situation. This can vary from individual to individual. Assumptions in critical thinking are ideas about human nature that are evidence without proof of argument. The assumptions are what people believe to be true and make a person feel comfortable in his or her beliefs. Presenting the choice between two possibilities is an important feature of thinking critically. Emotion is another component in critical thinking that should not be involved even though it is always there. Emotions help individuals to understand all the issues...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper Thinking is a very common in every second in life that many people do realize how important thinking is to how people live. How a critical thinking has been done there is always thinking going on. "The best thinkers use their ability to think well in every dimension of their lives" (Paul & Elder, 2006). In this paper, discussing the definition of critical thinking, my personal experiences with critical thinking, and the importance and benefits of critical thinking in the logical decision-making process. "Critical thinking is that mode of thinking- about any subject, content, or problem- 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" (Scriven & Paul, 2004). As humans are growing up in school or in family, they are taught to think logically about subjects and decisions that are being made. Critical thinking is more in depth thinking and speaking people to think outside of the box and take a hard look at what they are doing and analyze it to come up with a more effective decision. Everything they know and think is based on something that they have learned or observed in their lifetime and it will continue every day. “The best thinkers analyze their thinking, evaluate their thinking and improve their thinking” (Paul & Elder, 2006). When I think back to situations I have been put in I can see that I was not thinking...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper 1 Critical Thinking Application 2 I am going to discuss what critical thinking means. Critical thinking is the disciplined intellectually process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action (Paul & Scriven, 1987). An important aspect of life is thinking. Thinking is something everyone does naturally as living and breathing, but largely one's thinking is imprecise, partially uninformed, biased, or narrow-minded. Some of the personal barriers to critical thinking includes; self-concept, ego defense, rationalization, self-serving biases, and emotional influences (Goodpaster & Kirby, 2007). Critical thinking is a vital instrument to high-quality decision-making. Everyone has some level of prejudices biases or, which can get in the way high-quality decision-making. Critical thinking should not depend on any underlying motivation. I was a customer service representative for Energizer Battery. I was with Energizer for five years. I first started in the customer service department as a Customer Service Account Representative. I then went to work in the planning and scheduling department as a Senior Logistics Associate. In both roles that I have worked in, critical thinking has always played a major asset. Critical thinking is an...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper Eva Carter University of Phoenix MGT 350 Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making David I. Hammond, J.D. July 7, 2010 Critical thinking affects all facets of our lives; professional, personal, as a student, and as a parent. Few people realize the powerful role thinking plays in their lives. People can be their worst enemies without realizing how their thinking causes them distress. Critical thinking helps individuals take charge of their outcomes. Critical thinking is essential to effective learning and productive living. Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and /or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness. (Scriven & Paul 1987). Critical thinking also means correct thinking in the pursuit of relevant and reliable knowledge about the world. It is reasonable, reflective, responsible, and skillful thinking that focuses on decisions based on what to do. Critical thinking involves asking appropriate questions, gathering relevant data, sorting through the data, and coming to a reliable...
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...Critical Thinking Application Critical Thinking Application Paper MGT/350 May 8, 2010 Roger Sevison Critical Thinking Application Abstract In this paper I will define what critical thinking is, the outcome of critical thinking and what critical thinking means to me. I will also discuss when to use critical thinking and why it is important to use critical thinking when decision making. Critical Thinking I believe that critical thinking occurs when someone is constantly taking in all kinds of information, weighing the pros and cons from that information, and deciding the best outcome for the situation. In decision-making, critical thinking occurs when a person takes their time to think carefully and plan every aspect of what will happen in their life. I believe that everyone should make goals or plans to what he want out of life and how they want their lives to turn out. Critical thinking can be used in any situation. Critical thinking will allow a person to reach his goals by keeping the person focused on doing the right things. Critical Thinking (cont’d) Critical thinking is the concept from which good decisions come from. Critical thinking occurs when a person thinks of the possible outcomes from different scenarios that could take place on a daily and chooses the best one. Decision making is an important aspect...
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...Critical thinking and society paper After being in the military and retired I’ve come to realize that I have used critical and creative thinking. Every decision I had to make whether it was planning a convoy or planning out the work schedule for the week, there was always critical thinking involved and definitely creative as well. Every military day was defined with creative and critical thinking. With everyday life a person has to think critical because there are much decoction that have to be made that involves people lives and finances and how the job is going to be performed and all the logistics that go with creative thinking. Defining free will is that a person mind knows that they have choices of thinking and expressing their opinion. To form thoughts people need to see what they are trying to think about. As example whether to take their car to a mechanic and change out a part and pay them $100 or spend the time to change this simple part and get to know your car better and take a little pride and get a little dirty and save yourself a $100. In today’s worlds politicians have strayed away from the truth. The truth to them is the false words they use to be elected for a position. Over the last 15 years people have lost the real site of truth just for their own self gain and have no regard for the people involved. Opinions are intensely personal, so it is understandable that people have strong feelings towards situations or matter at hand. Knowledge is obtain by degrees...
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