Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking
UMUC AMBA 610
INTRODUCTION
Browne (2015) define critical thinking as “an ongoing process that allows an individual to analyze situations, solve problems, develop logical conclusions, and formulate informed decisions.” In “Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking” by M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Keeley, their 10 step critical thinking model is introduced. The 10 step model will be used to analyze the Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa memo from Mr. Anil Ravaswami to Ms. Cynthia Castle (personal communication Oct 10, 2014) The memo is in response to Ms. Castle’s request that Mr. Ravaswami, the Vice-President of Human Resources, evaluate the proposal of Ms. Forsythe to establish and fund a new leadership development program targeted at junior executives currently working for the company. The analyzation of the findings of Mr. Ravaswami will use the 10 step model developed by Mr. Browne et al.
Browne theorizes that an active reader is one who possesses the ability to utilize the search strategy, which explains or reveal an in depth answers to the question asked by the writer. This involves asking certain questions of an author’s argument. These questions are what Browne calls “Asking the Right Questions”. The questions are as follows:
(1) What are the issues and conclusion?
(2) What are the reasons?
(3) Which words or phrases are ambiguous?
(4) What are the value and descriptive assumptions?
(5) Are there any fallacies in the reasoning?
(6) How good is the evidence?
(7) Are there rival causes?
(8) Are the statistics deceptive?
(9) What significant information is omitted?
(10) What reasonable conclusions are possible?
What are the issue and the conclusion?
If the reader wants to know what the arguments are, the reader must clearly identify the issue and conclusion (Browne & Keeley, 2012). In the memo, Mr. Ravaswami discussed the concept of needing to establish a leadership development program...
UMUC AMBA 610
INTRODUCTION
Browne (2015) define critical thinking as “an ongoing process that allows an individual to analyze situations, solve problems, develop logical conclusions, and formulate informed decisions.” In “Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking” by M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Keeley, their 10 step critical thinking model is introduced. The 10 step model will be used to analyze the Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa memo from Mr. Anil Ravaswami to Ms. Cynthia Castle (personal communication Oct 10, 2014) The memo is in response to Ms. Castle’s request that Mr. Ravaswami, the Vice-President of Human Resources, evaluate the proposal of Ms. Forsythe to establish and fund a new leadership development program targeted at junior executives currently working for the company. The analyzation of the findings of Mr. Ravaswami will use the 10 step model developed by Mr. Browne et al.
Browne theorizes that an active reader is one who possesses the ability to utilize the search strategy, which explains or reveal an in depth answers to the question asked by the writer. This involves asking certain questions of an author’s argument. These questions are what Browne calls “Asking the Right Questions”. The questions are as follows:
(1) What are the issues and conclusion?
(2) What are the reasons?
(3) Which words or phrases are ambiguous?
(4) What are the value and descriptive assumptions?
(5) Are there any fallacies in the reasoning?
(6) How good is the evidence?
(7) Are there rival causes?
(8) Are the statistics deceptive?
(9) What significant information is omitted?
(10) What reasonable conclusions are possible?
What are the issue and the conclusion?
If the reader wants to know what the arguments are, the reader must clearly identify the issue and conclusion (Browne & Keeley, 2012). In the memo, Mr. Ravaswami discussed the concept of needing to establish a leadership development program...