Critical Thinking in Management
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours Face to Face + Blended + Swinburne Online
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
| Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Corequisites
Concurrent prerequisites :
A unit can be either completed prior to commencing study or taken at the same time.
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Aims and objectives
This unit will help students make effective decisions in a complex business environment. The unit will assist students to think clearly and rationally about business challenges, and make judicious use of logic, evidence and ethics to make informed judgements. It will help students to review, analyse and evaluate the managerial literature. Students will understand the relationship between creativity and critical thinking, and gain insight into the value of developing reflective practice in the workplace.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Develop informed decisions in complex business environments, drawing on logical reasoning, reliable sources of evidence and academic theory.
2. Recognise faulty thinking and cognitive biases, and explain how they contribute to or influence decision making.
3. Analyse managerial issues using multiple ethical frameworks, and decide on a principled course of action.
4. Apply multiple problem-solving strategies for analysing a complex business issue, and formulate an innovative solution.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Online Presentation (Individual) 20- 30%
Case Study Analysis (Individual) 30 - 40%
Major Assignment (Individual) 30 - 50%
Case Study Analysis (Individual) 30 - 40%
Major Assignment (Individual) 30 - 50%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills :
• problem solving skills
• analysis skills• communication skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
Content
• Forming and evaluating the strength of arguments
• Using principles of evidence-based management to inform decision making
• Historical approaches to the study of organisations and managerial tasks.
• Ethics and corporate social responsibility
• Cognitive biases and persuasion tactics
• The role of rational and intuitive thinking in management decision-making
• Reflective skills for learning and improving performance
• Critical thinking skills for dealing with contemporary management issues
• Using principles of evidence-based management to inform decision making
• Historical approaches to the study of organisations and managerial tasks.
• Ethics and corporate social responsibility
• Cognitive biases and persuasion tactics
• The role of rational and intuitive thinking in management decision-making
• Reflective skills for learning and improving performance
• Critical thinking skills for dealing with contemporary management issues
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.