Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving

$1,995.00


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Duration: 2 Days

In this course, you will learn how to successfully analyze and solve various business problems.

Contemporary organizations require everyone to effectively solve problems. While thinking skills may seem natural, they're not necessarily intuitive and they don't come easily to many people. Analytical thinking and problem solving are foundational thinking skills that involve breaking things down into their component parts. They also involve deductive reasoning, drawing conclusions from givens, and applying judgments to reach conclusions from a combination of evidence and assumptions.

What You Will Learn

 

  • Breaking down complex problems into components to gain clarity about possible solutions
  • Apply strategies and techniques to avoid emotional triggers that can impede problem-solving
  • Generate solutions to atypical problems and then test the solutions
  • Interpret probability and other methods for increasing certainty
  • Negotiating among variables and conditions
  • Differences between rationality of purpose and rationality of process

Audience

 

Any individual looking to gain a foundational process for reasoning and problem-solving

Prerequistes

 

Course Outline

 

1. Learning Objectives

2. Components of Thought

3. Thinking Styles

4. RAFT-Recognize Inferences

5. RAFT-Assess Patterns

6. RAFT-Find Probabilities

7. RAFT-Think Hypothetically

8. Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving in Business

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