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Dear colleagues,

I'm currently developing a first-semester MBA course on different thinking
skills and looking for a core reading on "analytic thinking" that introduces
basic concepts such as hypothesis development and testing, root cause
analysis, etc. I'm hoping to find either an article (preferred) or a book
chapter that is practical and readable, yet challenging for MBA students.

Thank you in advance for any leads.

Cheers,
Ingo Holzinger
Schulich School of Business
York University

Dear Ingo Holzinger,

One of my old favorite texts is a chapter in an old Penguin Readings, "Thinking and reasoning" (ed by PC Wason and P.N. Johnson-Laird, first published 1968). Have a look at the chapter by P C Wason titled "On the failure to eliminate hypothesis - a second look" pp 165-174. It is a little experiment I often have done in class.

Best regards

Toby

Torbjörn Stjernberg

Professor
University of Gothenburg
School of Business, Economics and Law
Box 610, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
tel. +46 (0)31 786 5419, mob +46 (0)70 836 9464

Home: Lindås 5,
SE 452 05 Sydkoster, Sweden
+46 (0)526 20 209





On 2010-09-21 01.10, "Ingo Holzinger" <iholzinger@SCHULICH.YORKU.CA> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I'm currently developing a first-semester MBA course on different thinking
skills and looking for a core reading on "analytic thinking" that introduces
basic concepts such as hypothesis development and testing, root cause
analysis, etc. I'm hoping to find either an article (preferred) or a book
chapter that is practical and readable, yet challenging for MBA students.

Thank you in advance for any leads.

Cheers,
Ingo Holzinger
Schulich School of Business
York University

Ingo,

There is a collection of mini-guides (booklets) published by the Foundation for Critical Thinking thta have been very useful to me and my students. They include critical thinking, ethical reasoning, analytic thinking, and others. Their web site is www.criticalthinking.org

Thanks,

Ivan



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Department of Management
McCoy College of Business Administration
Texas State Univeristy - San Marcos
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Dear Ingo Holzinger,

One of my old favorite texts is a chapter in an old Penguin Readings, "Thinking and reasoning" (ed by PC Wason and P.N. Johnson-Laird, first published 1968). Have a look at the chapter by P C Wason titled "On the failure to eliminate hypothesis - a second look" pp 165-174. It is a little experiment I often have done in class.

Best regards

Toby

Torbjörn Stjernberg

Professor
University of Gothenburg
School of Business, Economics and Law
Box 610, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
tel. +46 (0)31 786 5419, mob +46 (0)70 836 9464

Home: Lindås 5,
SE 452 05 Sydkoster, Sweden
+46 (0)526 20 209





On 2010-09-21 01.10, "Ingo Holzinger" <iholzinger@SCHULICH.YORKU.CA> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I'm currently developing a first-semester MBA course on different thinking
skills and looking for a core reading on "analytic thinking" that introduces
basic concepts such as hypothesis development and testing, root cause
analysis, etc. I'm hoping to find either an article (preferred) or a book
chapter that is practical and readable, yet challenging for MBA students.

Thank you in advance for any leads.

Cheers,
Ingo Holzinger
Schulich School of Business
York University