Critical Thinking Styles and Forces of Influence

INTRODUCTION

Within the organization of Kaiser Hospital and any organization, applied critical thinking skills provide an essential foundation for all effective planning, problem-solving, and decision-making activities. Employees who can analyze and reason effectively can help and communicate workplace problems (http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/reg/catalog_course.asp?course_key=4472). A recent problem I have heard spoken through upper management involves the negative and neglecting operations of our hospital. Much discussion has been recently filtered to the department managers regarding patient quality and satisfaction based on feedback provided by our Southern California region from our patient members. Although, solutions within the organization have yet begun, many questions came to mind when thinking of the pieces to frame this problem. I would like to discuss various ideas to frame this problem with specific forces of influence. Also, describe the types of thinking groups ma...