This book gives professionals and business people the essential tools to become better thinkers and decision-makers. It sets out simple methods and techniques to avoid poor decision making by developing our conceptual, creative and critical thinking skills, along with ways of incorporating them within our daily lives. INDICE: Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: ORIGINAL IDEAS Reprogrammingour Thinking Asking the Right Questions Generating Ideas PART II: STRUCTURINGOUR IDEAS Causal Thinking Conceptual Thinking b Analysis 1: Second Order Thinking Conceptual Thinking b Analysis 2: The Three-Step Technique Conceptual Thinking: Synthesis PART III: CREATIVE THINKING Problem Solving 1: Analogies Problem Solving 2: Adapting Structures PART IV: CRITICAL THINKING Thinking with Arguments 1: The Components Thinking with Arguments 2: The Connections Thinking with Evidence 1: Describing It Thinking with Evidence 2: Drawing Relevant Inferences Thinking with Evidence 3: Drawing Reliable Inferences Thinking with Language 1: Clarity Thinking with Language 2: Consistency PART V: MORAL THINKING : A CASE STUDY Moral Thinking 1: Generating Ideas Moral Thinking 2: Structuring Ideas Moral Thinking 3: Designing Solutions Moral Thinking 4: Evaluating Solutions Conclusion Glossary Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-1708-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha Publicación: 07/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés