Critical Thinking in an Organizational Setting

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Looking under the microscope at one simple problem and it will be apparent that there are countless appendages squirming around the nucleus. As in the movies "Analyze This" and "Analyze That" there was a problem that needed to be solved. This problem stemmed from the head of a mob organization and was solved adequately but in an unorthodox method. The similarities between analyzing this problem for the mob and analyzing a problem in a business setting, such as unprofessional behavior, is that there should be a procedure full of steps. These steps are both concrete and flexible given the stage of analysis. Management has the advantage of learning from past problems and mistakes to adapt to future problems. However, this flexibility should become concrete when the problem is under the microscope. The only way to effectively address the given problem is to ask the right questions and analyze them accordingly. These upcoming questions are used to obtain valuable insight and offer a clear and concise means of dealing with the problem.

Critical thinking is imperative to each and every question in the following paragraphs. Without this tool the business setting would be filled with unnecessary shortcomings and wouldn't have the proper amount of logic to ask the right questions. The eight questions are steps to identify the problem and give clear and concise insight.

People can tell when there is a problem by certain signs. In the business setting the same is true. Being aware of unmotivated, unproductive workers is a tell tale sign of problems. With unprofessional behavior the symptoms all point to one direction, and that is the lack of respect. Nancy Bono chimes her discord with "the common occurrence of disrespect in business is troubling." (2006) In the case of sexual harassment the signs could be the amount of male workers conversing with female workers about personal related matters. This should not be the case because professional relationships should only care about the business at hand. Another sign of an unwanted event is from the attire and individual wears and the type of attitude they have when wearing those cloths. Seductive clothing shouldn't be allowed in businesses because of the distractions it causes and the loss of time and profitability. In present day, many sales associates accentuate their bodily features to make a sale but ethically speaking the product should sell itself. In business there should be respect for coworkers, management, other companies, and most importantly for yourself.

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