Critical thinking for managers : structured decision-making and persuasion in business / Radu Atanasiu.

"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 an...

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Main Author: Atanasiu, Radu (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Series:Management for professionals.
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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.