Critical Thinking: Strategies In Decision Making –

mgt350

(3 credits)

This course provides students opportunities for analysis, synthesis, prescription, and application of critical thinking and decision making within the organization. Emphasis is placed on preparing managers who can deal clearly, rationally, and creatively with a diverse workforce and dynamic workplace. This course equips students with concrete skills in critical thinking and decision making that will allow them to identify and solve organizational problems, as well as provide strategic direction.

This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Characteristics of Critical Thinking and Decision Making
- Describe critical thinking and its importance and benefits to decision making processes.
- Analyze different types of thinking.
- Apply critical thinking to decision making.
Problem Identification and Formulation
- Examine the processes and forces involved in problem formulation.
- Apply critical thinking to problem identification and formulation.
- Describe a problem in a manner sensitive to various stakeholder perspectives using formulation tools and techniques.
Decision Making
- Describe tools and/or techniques used in decision making.
- Examine decision-making models and influences.
- Apply a decision-making technique to a situation.
Decision Implementation
- Determine factors affecting decision implementation in an organization.
- Evaluate resources and actions required for decision implementation.
- Evaluate ethical implications from stakeholders’ perspectives of a decision.
Evaluation of Decision Outcomes and Processes
- Apply appropriate evaluation tools and techniques.
- Evaluate decision-making outcomes and processes.

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While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Critical Thinking: Strategies In Decision Making –

mgt350

Characteristics of Critical Thinking and Decision Making

Problem Identification and Formulation

Decision Making

Decision Implementation

Evaluation of Decision Outcomes and Processes

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