Higher Education
Author(s): A.S. Prasad and Shailja Agarwal
ISBN: 9789360532192
1st Edition
Copyright: 2024
India Release: 2024
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Trim Size: 241 x 181 mm
As a comprehensive guide to critical and analytical thinking, this is an essential textbook for students and professionals alike. Mastering critical and analytical thinking is a critical skill for navigating today's complex world. Whether you are a student striving for academic excellence, a professional aiming for career advancement, or simply someone who wants to take better decisions, this book equips you with the tools to succeed.
Cengage Digital App includes: additional MCQs, cases, and videos.
1. Introduction to Critical Thinking
2. The Critical and Analytical Thinking Framework
3. Introduction to Logical Reasoning
4. Inductive Reasoning
5. Deductive Reasoning
6. Causal reasoning
7. Moral Reasoning
8. Credibility of Claims
9. Obstacles to Critical Thinking
Part A: Fallacies
Part B: Cognitive Biases
Part C: Rhetorical Devices
Part D: Linguistic Barriers
10. Persuasive Communication
A.S. Prasad, management graduate from IIM Ahmedabad, has over 30 years of managerial, entrepreneurial, and consulting experience. He founded the Critical Thinking Academy in 2013 and has since delivered courses, workshops, and training to over 4000 students, senior executives of global and Indian MNCs, officers of the Indian armed forces, and faculty of reputed institutions and universities.
Shailja Agarwal, PhD, Professor, and Area Chairperson of Communications at IMT Ghaziabad, brings with her a rich experience of 24 years of teaching, research, and consulting. She teaches courses on critical and analytical thinking, negotiations, gender and communication, difficult conversations, among others at IMT Ghaziabad and other B-schools across India, by invite. She has trained mid-level and senior managers through MDPs on communication, persuasion, negotiations, critical and analytical thinking, and related areas for many prestigious clients.
