Thinking Styles in Decision Making: Comparison and Workplace Examples Assignment – Mgt 350, Week 2

Summary

Thinking styles shape decision making. This document compares three styles: logical, persuasive and creative. It discusses how each style affects the critical-thinking process and provides workplace examples for each.

Three Thinking Styles

Logical thinkers use data and rules. Creative thinkers use perception and are often artistic. Persuasive thinkers use logic to influence others and consider their values and needs. Creative and persuasive thinking can be used together.

Logical Thinking

Logical thinking is often deductive or inductive. Deductive thinking uses syllogisms with major and minor premises. Inductive thinking uses premises that do not guarantee a conclusion. Syllogisms have many categories.

Persuasive Thinking

Persuasive thinking involves showing others options that support one's goals. It can use logical and creative thinking. It is important to distinguish between persuading and manipulating. Persuasive managers must know the difference between leading and manipulating.

Creative Thinking

Creative thinking involves finding new ideas to improve old ones. It has three steps: brainstorming, planning and executing. Creative thinkers are subjective, visual and use their right brain. Creative thinking is used in technology.

Key terms

Inductive thinking

Uses premises that do not guarantee a conclusion.

Syllogisms

A train of thought with a conclusion from two premises.

Persuasive thinking

Showing others options that support one's goals.

Creative thinking

Finding new ideas to improve old ones.

Deductive thinking

Uses syllogisms with major and minor premises.

Major premise

The overall idea or term in a syllogism.

Questions this document helps with

• How do logical thinkers use syllogisms?
• What are the three steps of creative thinking?
• How do persuasive thinkers use logic?

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