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Critical Thinking: Challenging Assumptions
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Critical Thinking: Challenging Assumptions

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Background: Sales managers at a healthcare company have two competing assumptions to test.

Question: Sequence the steps the sales managers should take to test the assumptions systematically.

Instruction: Rank the following items in the correct sequence

Decide how likely it is that the assumption is true = 2 Work out how much it will cost to resolve the uncertainty surrounding the assumption = 3 Determine the assumption’s risk rating = 1 Bonus = Bonus

What lines of questioning can you use to detect the assumptions that affect your day-to-day decisions?

Instruction: Choose all options that best answer the question.

  • Ask “what-if” questions (correct)
  • Connect questions to your own experience
  • Ask “yes-no” questions
  • Seek out other points of view (correct)
  • Background: A beverage company’s most recent environmental impact report is over a decade old, and much has changed since it was originally produced. The employee-led leadership group needs to think critically about its recommendations and avoid basing its decisions on automatic assumptions.

    Question: What practices can the members of the leadership group use to move from automatic thinking to critical thinking?

    Instruction: Choose all options that best answer the question.

  • Contemplate doing the opposite of what professionals suggest (correct)
  • Avoid accepting any assumption at face value (correct)
  • Rely heavily on existing information and tried-and-tested procedures
  • Use mind-mapping to brainstorm a quick decision
  • A leader is tasked with evaluating several competing assumptions about an organization’s long-term strategy.

    Question: What are actions the leader can take to thoroughly investigate each assumption?

    Instruction: Choose all options that best answer the question.

    <p>Focus on the personal consequences of ignoring the assumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

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