Report on Strategies for Developing Critical Thinking in Others

This report focuses on developing critical thinking skills within a business context, specifically addressing scenarios related to a marketing manager and the implementation of various initiatives. The report analyzes the importance of team work, communication, and training programs in fostering critical thinking. It provides recommendations for improving team performance, including suggestions for the marketing manager to enhance their own skills and support their team. The report also evaluates the effectiveness of initiatives such as online inductions, guest speakers, and reward programs in promoting critical thinking. The conclusion emphasizes the need for organizational policies that empower employees and facilitate their engagement in critical thinking processes, supported by a reference to a relevant academic source.

Develop Critical thinking in
others
1

TABLE OF CONTENT
Scenario A.......................................................................................................................................3
Scenario B........................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCE..................................................................................................................................5
2

Scenario A
Support requires by marketing manager
Marketing manager requires support from his own team because team work is helpful in
achieving objectives easily.
Solution for issue of scenario A
Marketing manager should consider and make improvement as the priority. As
improvement will only helpful for growing. In order to complete work on time manager should
include their team member in decision making process.
Manager to improve critical and creative skills
He should not work long hours and should have take break after working continuously
for 2 hours. He should also take training so that he can build creative skills. As creativity is vital
nowadays to achieve goals.
Improving work relation with team
He should include his team while taking decisions and listen to the problems of his team
member.
Marketing manager supporting his team
He can organise meeting with the team and should communicate with them regularly.
Learning arrangements for marketing manager
He should not work such long hours because it will reduce his productivity because an
individual needs rest so that he can regain energy.
Lessons learned from scenario
From this scenario it is learnt that planning is necessary to become successful and also
proper coordination with the team is necessary.
Scenario B
Improvement in each initiative
Online induction: it should discuss about needs of team member.
Guest speakers: employees should have motivated to participate into this.
Think tank: only important issues should have discussed.
Reward programs: rewards should be given to those also who are working on complex projects
and achieved success (Mahanal and et.al., 2019).
Lessons learnt
3

Training programs should be started by company but proper participation of employees will
make it successful.
Recommendations
Organisational policies should have given rights to their employees so that they can
utilize it whenever they want.
4

REFERENCE
Book and Journal
Mahanal, S. and et.al., 2019. RICOSRE: A Learning Model to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
for Students with Different Academic Abilities. International Journal of
Instruction. 12(2). pp.417-434.
5