Critical thinking for managers : structured decision-making and persuasion in business / Radu Atanasiu.
2021
HD30.23
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Title
Critical thinking for managers : structured decision-making and persuasion in business / Radu Atanasiu.
Author
Atanasiu, Radu, author.
ISBN
9783030736002 (electronic bk.)
3030736008 (electronic bk.)
9783030735999
3030735990
3030736008 (electronic bk.)
9783030735999
3030735990
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 186 pages) : color illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-73600-2 doi
Call Number
HD30.23
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.4/03
Summary
"This book discusses critical thinking as a tool for more compassionate leadership, presenting tried and tested methods for managing disagreement, for anticipating and solving problems, and for enhancing empathy. Employing a lighter tone of voice than most management books, it also shows how and when less-than-rational mechanisms such as intuition and heuristics may be efficient decision-making tools in any managers toolbox. Critical thinking is useful for analyzing incoming information in the context of decision-making and is crucial for structuring outgoing information in the context of persuasion. When trying to convince a client to buy a service, an executive board to fund a project, or a colleague to change a procedure, managers can use the simple step-by-step guides provided here to prepare for successful meetings and effective pitches. Managerial thinking can be steadily improved, using a structured process, especially if we learn to think about our thinking. This book guides current and would-be managers through this process of improving and metathinking, in connection with decision-making and persuasion. Using examples from business, together with research insights from Behavioral Economics and from Management and Organizational Cognition, the author illustrates common pitfalls like hidden assumptions and cognitive biases, and provides easy-to-use solutions for testing hypotheses and resolving dilemmas."--ProQuest website
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Management for professionals.
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Critical Thinking for Managers.
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Table of Contents
Part I. Overview
1. Introduction
2. Who Needs Critical Thinking?
Part II. Critical Thinking in Business Decision-Making
3. Hidden Assumptions
4. Test Your Business Assumptions
5. Reason, Emotions, and Intuition
6. Cognitive Biases
7. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
8. Decision-Making in Groups
9. Problem Solving
Part III. Critical Thinking in Persuasion
10. One-on-One Persuasion
11. Debating
12. Fallacies
13 Ten Fair-Play Principles in Argumentation
14. The Courage to Change Our Mind
15. Wrap Up.
1. Introduction
2. Who Needs Critical Thinking?
Part II. Critical Thinking in Business Decision-Making
3. Hidden Assumptions
4. Test Your Business Assumptions
5. Reason, Emotions, and Intuition
6. Cognitive Biases
7. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
8. Decision-Making in Groups
9. Problem Solving
Part III. Critical Thinking in Persuasion
10. One-on-One Persuasion
11. Debating
12. Fallacies
13 Ten Fair-Play Principles in Argumentation
14. The Courage to Change Our Mind
15. Wrap Up.