The Importance of Critical Thinking

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The Importance of Critical Thinking Euphemia Cruz MGT/350 Dr. Suresh Kumar Critical thinking is an essential skill that is utilized in the decision making process. It forces individuals to think “outside of the norm” and seek an alternate solution for an issue or problem. The critical thinking process of making a decision is based on observation, research, analysis, implementation, and results. It is a disciplined process of decision making that requires a non-biased, self-driven, rational mind that can improve the quality of intellectual integrity ("Defining Critical Thinking", 2008). Thinking critically when making decisions that may have a significant impact on one’s life is crucial whether as a student, parent, professional, or even involving personal matters. There are many differences between thinking and critical thinking that heavily influences the outcome of a situation where a decision needs to be made. In everyday living, we as humans are programmed to behave and react as robots within our normal daily routines. For example, we wake up, get ready for the day, attempt to accomplish set goals, return home and get ready for the next day. Without consciously knowing, we perform our daily routines with little to no time spent on critical thinking. On regularly routine days we carry out our daily functions in their simplest forms with minimal variations. It is only until we are faced with a significant problem or issue when we feel the need to think critically about the situation and solution. Critical thinking is a multi-dimensioned style of thinking that challenges what the standard may be and forces the creation of alternatives for beneficial results (Kirby & Goodpaster, 2007). When engaged in the critical thinking process, reasoning, experience, reflection and information play key roles for establishing clarity,
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