Book Description
Critical Thinking is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your life: in your career, and as a consumer, citizen, friend, parent, and lover. Discover the core skills of effective thinking; then analyze your own thought processes, identify weaknesses, and overcome them. Learn how to translate more effective thinking into better decisions, less frustration, more wealth Ñ and above all, greater confidence to pursue and achieve your most important goals in life.
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Financial Times Prentice Hall Books
- Acknowledgment
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Thinking in a World of Accelerating Change and Intensifying Danger
- Chapter 2. Becoming a Critic of Your Thinking
- Chapter 3. Becoming a Fair-Minded Thinker
- Chapter 4. Self-Understanding
- Chapter 5. The First Four Stages of Development: What Level Thinker Are You?
- Chapter 6. The Parts of Thinking
- Chapter 7. The Standards for Thinking
- Chapter 8. Design Your Life
- Chapter 9. The Art of Making Intelligent Decisions
- Chapter 10. Taking Charge of Your Irrational Tendencies
- Chapter 11. Monitoring Your Sociocentric Tendencies
- Chapter 12. Developing as an Ethical Reasoner
- Chapter 13. Analyzing and Evaluating Thinking in Corporate and Organizational Life
- Chapter 14. The Power and Limits of Professional Knowledge (And of the Disciplines that Underlie Them)
- Chapter 15. Strategic Thinking Part One
- Chapter 16. Strategic Thinking Part Two
- Glossary: A Guide to Critical Thinking Terms and Concepts
- References
Product Information
- Title: Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2002
- Publisher(s): PH Professional Business
- ISBN: 0130647608