Analytical & Critical Thinking

The 2-days workshop attempts to equip technical and administrative professionals with the analytical and creative thinking competencies. In general, participants will sharpen their left-brain and right-brain thinking skills, and learn to apply them in various work related situations. Participants will many be familiarized with many proven techniques and tools that could be used to analyze, correlate, justify, and conclude information.

What Will I Learn From This Course?

• Enhance their ability to think analytically when dealing with work related situations
• Carry out data analysis using various tools and techniques during the problem solving stages
• Analyse situations, apply analytical reasoning and derive at conclusions
• Become more confident, proactive, independent and participate more openly in problem solving team meetings
• Present recommendations to the management based on the findings

Target Audience

Executives from various functional disciplines.

Analytical Thinking Basics

• What Is Analytical Thinking
• Analytical Thinking – A Self Assessment
• Developing Analytical Thinking Competencies
• The Left Brain And Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking Dynamics

• Steps In Analytical Thinking
• Do’s And Don’ts In Analytical Thinking
• Common Tools And Techniques For Analytical Thinking
• Bloom’s Taxonomy On Analytical Thinking
• Analytical Thinking Process

Steps In Analytical Thinking

• Data Collection
• Statistical Application
• Analysis
• Conclusion
• Recommendations

Analytical Thinking Tools

• Is And Is Not Analysis
• Cause-And-Effect Diagrams
• Why-Why Analysis
• Drill Down Method
• Force Field Analysis
• Decision Matrix
• Swot Analysis
• Mind Mapping

Analytical & Critical Thinking Case Studies

• Case Study Discussions
• Application Of Analytical Thinking
• Processes And Tools
• Team Presentations

Personal Action Plan

• Self-Assessment
• Areas Of Development
• Action Plan