Critical Thinking in Business

By

Bob Schoenberg

In the beginning …

Prometheus

CCT & Ed. Majors

Business Students and Students in Business

•Business Articles

•Websites

•Researching Needs of Business People

Heuristic Books in 2007: Critical Thinking in

Business

Business Skills/Critical Thinking

• Identifying and Challenging Assumptions

• Frames of Reference

• Metacognition

Assumptions

• Can be dangerous

• Costly

• Planning and Sales Forecasts

Frames of Reference

• Influencing a Reference Point

• Identifying Viewpoints

Example of influencing a Reference Point

Use of Metacognition

•To check one’s thinking

•As a training or educational technique

Non-Credit Course

Critical Thinking in Business

Offered in Continuing Ed.

Now known as University College

Technology Keeps Improving

Video gets on You Tube

Students, Faculty and Businesses contact me.

ANNOUNCEMENT

New course in CCT – Summer 2013

“Critical Thinking in Business” – online

New Marketing Director promoting the CCT Program

Contact Information

Bob.schoenberg@umb.edu

Bosch3@gmail.com