Problem-Solving and Decision Making - Soft Skills for a Digital Workplace (Illustrated Course Guides)

✍ Scribed by Jeff Butterfield

• Publisher: Course Technology
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 144
• Series: Illustrated Course Guides—Soft Skills for a Digital Workplace
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Give your students a 360 degree education and a career advantage with Illustrated Course Guides: Problem-Solving and Decision Making - Soft Skills for a Digital Workplace from the Illustrated Series. This text delves into two of the most sought-after skills in the professional world, making students more marketable to employers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 13
Preface......Page 7
PROBLEM SOLVING: Unit A: Identifying and Defining Problems......Page 18
DETAILS......Page 19
YOU TRY IT......Page 21
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Innovative ways to solve problems: open source science......Page 30
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Crisis management......Page 32
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Soft Skills Review......Page 37
Independent Challenge 1......Page 39
Team Challenge......Page 40
Be the Critic......Page 41
PROBLEM SOLVING: Unit B: Solving the Problem......Page 42
DETAILS......Page 43
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Unintended consequences: when solving one problem spurs new ones......Page 50
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Solving problems in a blink......Page 56
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Soft Skills Review......Page 61
Independent Challenge 2......Page 63
Team Challenge......Page 64
Be the Critic......Page 65
PROBLEM SOLVING: Unit C: Thinking Critically......Page 66
DETAILS......Page 67
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Critical thinking and feeling......Page 76
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Guesstimating is critical thinking......Page 82
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Soft Skills Review......Page 85
Soft Skills Review (Continued)......Page 86
Independent Challenge 1......Page 87
Team Challenge......Page 88
Be the Critic......Page 89
PROBLEM SOLVING: Unit D: Group Decision Making and Problem Solving......Page 90
DETAILS......Page 91
Star power or team effectiveness?......Page 92
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Mind mapping software......Page 96
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Soft Skills Review......Page 109
Critical Thinking Questions......Page 110
Independent Challenge 2......Page 111
Team Challenge......Page 112
Be the Critic......Page 113
PROBLEM SOLVING: Unit E: Decision Support Tools......Page 114
DETAILS......Page 115
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The art of information graphics......Page 128
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Soft Skills Review......Page 133
Critical Thinking Questions......Page 134
Independent Challenge 2......Page 135
Team Challenge......Page 136
Be the Critic......Page 137
Glossary......Page 138
Index......Page 141