1. Critical thinking is an essential skill in academic studies, business practic
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1. Critical thinking is an essential skill in academic studies, business practices, and our daily lives. It is also one of the basic requirements of the learning activities in this course. This is the reason we are doing this exercise now and you should use critical thinking in all your assignments and discussions.
Read the Critical Thinking materials in this week’s content, reflect your own critical thinking skills, and share with the class the concepts you find useful in the readings.
2. What are your main takeaways from the quiz question? Explain why this question is interesting for you?
Quiz question. 1) What is wrong with this argument? "You think we need a new regulation to control air pollution? I think we already have too many regulations. Politicians just love to pass new ones, and control us even more than they already do. It is suffocating. We definitely do not need any new regulations!"
a. The person speaking doesn't care about the environment.
b. The person speaking has changed the subject.
c. The person speaking is running for political office.
d. The person speaking does not understand pollution.
The answer is B
Creating an Argument and Supporting Your Ideas All of our courses require you to integrate the course readings and case study facts (if applicable) into all discussion posts and major assignment answers to demonstrate you have read, understand and can apply the class material Creating an argument, or demonstrating critical thinking is done by presenting a conclusion based on ideas and reasoning that are substantiated by the class material. If the conclusions are not drawn by using the class material or credible facts they are nothing more than your opinion and therefore show no evidence that the class material is read and understood well enough to be applied successfully In this class, you are expected to approach every assignment with the understanding that all conclusions you present are to be validated with ideas and reasoning that is reinforced by the class material, case study facts or outside research, if appropriate Below are two methods of supporting your ideas, reasoning and thus the conclusions you have drawn 1. Literature Most of the support for the conclusions will be provided by the classroom literature. This literature is derived from expert opinion and research in the field. You must rely upon the literature to add validity to your own perspective, claim, conclusion, choice, or argument. The eBook(s) and other resources in the class have been selected because of the credibility of the information and expert authors presented. The expectation is that you will use this information to support the ideas and reasoning that led to conclusions drawn in your posts and answers. The greater the degree of support for the ideas and reasoning that provides the underpinning of the conclusion, the greater correlation to the degree of critical thinking demonstrated (and the higher the grade). Example: You are asked to determine the best organizational structure for XYZ Software. In answering, you will identify the structure in one sentence: The best structure for XYZ Software is a functional organizational structure. Then, in a separate sentence support why the best structure is a functional one. The functional organizational is the best structure because this type of structure improves efficiencies through job specialization, which makes training easier (Brooks, 2005). In this answer, you will have drawn a conclusion as to the best structure, defined the structure, and given a reason for the conclusion, all of which you were asked to do to answer the question. Notice that the use of in-text citation shows how the conclusion was drawn by using the class material to support its validity. To provide support, you have to give an in-text citation with an associated reference at the end. Finally, to provide an outstanding response, defining and describing other organizational structures and why they would not be appropriate, again supported by the class material and case study facts provides a stronger, more in-depth answer. Notice the response explains the "why and how" of an answer rather than merely making a statement. This type of answer would return an A grade versus a C for providing an answer but not including the support of the course material 2. Use of Statistics Presenting data is another way of providing convincing support for conclusions when used with an explanation of why or how the numbers are significant. However, be careful that the statistics presented are presented in the correct context, otherwise the information is not credible. When using any type of statistics, you need to cite and reference the source Example: If you are asked if small businesses contribute significantly to employment in the United States, a good start to providing an answer could be: Small businesses contribute significantly to the employment of US workers. Small businesses employ 56.8 million workers (Schwinn, 2016, p. 1)Explanation / Answer
In my views, critical thinking is the analytical approach with which an individual addresses a problem and considers ways to solve or improve it. Generally, critical thinking backs its arguments, based on facts. This makes it more believable and trustworthy. When an argument is presented, it must be backed by facts to elaborate on the assumptions made. This helps in increasing the validity of assumptions and make it more rationale.
Initially HR was considered as a non-essential department in business. This was because, HR did not have any data to support its performance. But now, with the use of HR analytics, HR is able to validate its functions, backed by data. Hence, HR has won itself a place in the Board of the company. So, this example clearly reflects the impact of including critical thinking approach in one’s analysis.
2. The person has clearly deviated the topic and has put the onus of all discomforts in society on the politicians. However, he is not able to back his argument with the help of facts and figures. Therefore this argument seems like a mere statement, said out in discomfort and agony.
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