Critical thinking and Managerial Decision Making | Report

Running Head: CRITICAL THINKING AND MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING
Critical thinking and Managerial Decision Making
Name of the student
Name of the University
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Introduction
Critical thinking is the ability to make judgement on the facts available by understanding
the logic that exists between the ideas, thoughts and evaluation of the arguments (McPeck,
2016). The paper explains the importance of critical thinking skills for the graduates as
demanded by the employers. The article chosen for the essay is the envisioned of series of
articles that deal with critical thinking in the business schools. The purpose of the article was to
investigate critical thinking among business professors and to discover whether same methods
are used to teach critical thinking to the graduates. Further in the analysis includes two parts
critical analysis and critical evaluation. The first part includes background of the research and
objective. The research questions in the chosen article, the methodology through which the
research was conducted, findings and recommendations for future. The second part includes the
agreeable or disagreeable point of the article and the strengths and weaknesses of the article.
Discussion
Critical thinking was firstly used in the 20th century by philosopher John Dewey but its
root can be traced about 2400 years ago through the work of the philosopher Socrates, Plato and
Aristotle. The purpose of the analysis is to investigate the importance of critical thinking for the
business graduates. The paper also investigates does the business professors have the clear
understanding of the critical thinking and also to investigate that whether proper methods are
used in the business schools to teach the critical thinking to the students. This is mandatory
because the AACSB (International Accreditation body of business schools) stated through the
surveys that critical thinking should be taught to the students a requested by the employers and
the American adults.
The objective of the research is to find the ways which explains the areas where the
professors lack in understanding critical thinking and how the business educators can improve
the learning of critical thinking in business schools. The survey included in the research indicates
that more than 75% of the employers stress on five areas like critical thinking, problem solving,
applied knowledge in real problems and oral and written skills. The professionals stated that the
quality the next generation lacks is the lack of strategic thinking. Therefore, the research aims at

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finding the ways through which the business professors can make the students capable of
understanding the concept of strategic critical skill.
The research questions include:-
 How the learning of the critical thinking is conducted by the educators in business
school?
 How the educators can involve the students in the learning process of critical thinking?
 What is the importance of critical thinking learning in the business schools?
 What is the level of understanding of critical thinking among the educators?
 Which years was critical thinking was surveyed and what was the data gathering method
taken for the study?
 What is the sample chosen for the study?
 What are the types of critical analysis studies taken for the research?
It is important to address these questions for deep analysis because the questions will
connect present research with the previous and provide a guideline in conducting scientific
research. Research questions are considered important for the analysis because they act a
catalyst for the research.
In the article, the researchers explored the insights of the faculty members on the critical
thinking. The survey included open ended questions and the purpose was to make the
respondents express their understandings of critical thinking and by not letting the responses
of the respondents limited to predetermined answers. To capture diversity in the replies, based on
the analysis of data, the researcher used analytical tool that is well suited for the design and
purpose of the research.
The methodology used in the research paper was content analysis which is considered a
deep-rooted method in the field of communication and community science. But the method could
also be adapted for other fields and disciplines as well. Content analysis is method used in
research to identify pattern in chronicled communication. Content analysis systematically
evaluate qualitative data into quantitative data. The data for the content analysis can be all forms
of recorded information and communication. For example, pictures on internet and message from
sender to receiver can be items for the content analysis.