ADMS 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: List Of Corporate Collapses And Scandals, Critical Thinking, Mirror Test

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1010
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Curious: explore beneath the surface of issues, try new approaches, seek new viewpoints. Involves asking questions, examining assumptions, weighting the validity of arguments. Self-aware: introspective, know personal biases, name strategies used to make judgments. Independent: listen to and learn from others, developed their own informed opinions, make their own judgements. Think through the entirety of a problem and attempt to see all possible outcomes. Jumping to conclusions without the total evaluation process. Dimensions of critical thinking: central claims (chapter 2, quality of evidence (chapter 3, underlying assumptions and values (chapter 4, causal claims (chapter 5, techniques of persuasion (chapter 6) Main discourse: economic performance, productivity, global markets, financial investments. Business values: spreading to non-business spheres (eg. universities, health-care, government) Current affairs: corporate scandals of early 2000s (e. g. enron), global financial crisis (2008 - ??) Experts step in to fill the void: they"re often wrong, they disagree. Need to develop procedures to assess truth or validity of different ideas.