Critical Thinking Application Paper
Critical thinking is presents itself to everyone, everywhere. Critical Thinking is used constantly at work and has an abundance of importance and benefits. Everyone must learn what critical thinking is, how it is used, and how to use it, so better decisions can be made.
Critical Thinking consists of mental processes of discernment, analysis and evaluation. It includes possible processes of reflecting upon a tangible or intangible item in order to form a solid judgment that reconciles scientific evidence with common sense. In contemporary usage "critical" has a certain negative connotation that does not apply in the present case. Though the term "analytical thinking" may seem to convey the idea more accurately, critical thinking clearly involves synthesis, evaluation, and reconstruction of thinking, in addition to analysis. Critical thinkers gather information from all senses, verbal and/or written expressions, reflection, observation, experience and reasoning. Critical thinking has its basis in intellectual criteria that go beyond subject-matter divisions and which include: clarity, credibility, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, significance and fairness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking
An example from my own personal experience in applying critical thinking to a work related decision would be managing time. I work at Evga Inc. as a catering runner. I deliver to meeting and different events. There are several buildings that I deliver to on Evga’s campus. A dilemma that presents itself almost every day in my job is trying to manage time to make sure that everything is prepared and delivered on time. H ...