The Importance Of Critical Thinking In The Workplace

Critical Thinking

Throughout our lives we learn to interpret situations in many different ways. Critical thinking is the ability and a skill to use when making careful decisions to approve, refuse, or defer judgment of a claim. In this, critical-thinking is the method of evaluating what others say or write when deciding whether or not to consider and to believe their statement.

Selected Scenario In manufacturing, mistakes are sometimes made in promoting a person. For example, in my field a Plant Superintendent with twenty years of service may be made Plant Manager of his/her plant. After serving for a year in this new capacity, the person may have demonstrated clearly that they are incompetent in administrative affairs. But, by that time, their former position will have been filled. Consider the various ethical considerations involved both in retaining them or firing them, and decide what course of action and what

It's a hard occupation, and like all jobs, there are individuals who are simply not cut out for it. There are definite characteristics of being a plant manager that many individuals just do not have. Besides the apparent professional qualifications needed to become Plant manager, there are many traits that great Plant managers should possess to be able to do their job efficiently.

A good plant manager must have very good qualities in areas such as: “leadership”, “people skills”, “fairness” to employees and leadership staff, setting high “expectations” for both, have “organizational skills”, being a very good “listener”, being a “lifelong learner”, a “strategic thinker”, and must be a “visionary”. If a plant manager lacks any of these qualities, then it could be said that he/she is not living up to what the job requires and not living up to the responsibilities and obligations of his/her