AdDU MBA - Strategic Management Compre Reviewer

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Thehats epresentixthinkingstrategies.eBonochampionedhecausewhichdrove hecreativeprooessesn individuals.He wouldoftenhypothesioneor two ofthe approachesnd hatpeopledevelthoseapproaches.eBonobelievedhat ithe varitheirusedeveloped hichcouldbe aughqhatpe(collaborating ithin groupsand eams y deliben*,As a resultof his nvestigations,e Bonowasable o describeprocess f deliberatelydoptingparticularapproacho aproblemasan mplementationf paralleihinking,aswell * * uio o lateralthinking.Sixdifferentapproachesredescri^,1,imdeachs symbolised],*re u"t Jprrttirrg on"oloredhat,eitheractuallyor imaginatively. hishesuggestsanbedoneeitherby o'ai"ic"ur.workingaloneor in groups.TheRedHatrepresents.llgtionalhinking.The'fellow Hatrepresentsositivethinking.TheBlackHatrepresentsritical thinkingandmore.Thewhite Hat s purlly the acts.TheGreenHat sCreativehinking.TheBlueHat representsheBig Picture,sortoitooking at t fromall theviewpoints.

EdwardDeBonooffersan nterestingmanual nfireprocess fthinking.Hs srrggestsndp-ersuasivelyrgueshllkegnrneour houghts rdered nddividedbetweenhe '5ix ThinkingHats,,allowsus obe moreeffectivewithourdecisionmaking.Eachhathasatime andaplaceduring hedecisiorn akingprocess,hewhitehat sneuftal, ed s forourpassionatendsometimesrrationalemotions, tcetc.Quotes:'The difference etween good hinkerandapoor:hinkeroften ies nt heabilityto focus.,,"Theremaybe very powerfulpositivepoints hatmenotat all obvious...hat s howentreprenuerswork.Theysee hevalue hat hosearoundhemhavenotyetspotted. alueandbenefite. oy oomeans lways bvious.""Thegood hinker s supposedo becoolanddetachedndnot nfluenced y emotion.Thegoodthinker s supposedo be objective nd o considerhe actsn theirownrigirtandnot or theirrelevanceo his orheremotional eeds...etanygooddecisionmustbe emofionaln theend. ..Fmotions iverelevanceo our hinking and it that hinking o ourneedsand hecontexfof tlemoment.tt"Thinking can changeemotions. t is not the logical part of thinking that changesemotionsbut theperceptualpart. If we seesomethingdifferently, ouLr motionsmay-alterwith fre altered perception.""Truth and factsare not as closely relatedasmost peopleseem o imagine. Truth is related o a word-garnesystemknown asphilosophy. Factsare related o checkablee*pE ience. ... If every swanwehappen o see s white, canwe makethe bold statement hat 'all swansare white"? We canandwedo. ". The first black swanwe seemakes he statementuntrue...Unlesswe choose o call the blackswansomethingelse.Now it becomesa matterof words anddefinitions. IF we choose o keepwhitenessas an essentialpart ofthe definition of a swan, hen the black swan s somethingelse. f wedrop whitenessasan essentialpart of the definition, then we can include the black r*-...-It i, th"design and manipulationof suchdefinitions thaf is fhe essence f philosophy."


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9 lono'ssixthinkinghatscovershedifferentmind-setsor the hinker.Heexplainsheneedordifferent ypesof thinkingprocesses,achypeof thinkingry*uotizeo bywearingaditrerenthat.Thebook s filled withamusingdeasand nteresting hilosoptyabo;Airki;g. It is a-easyead. believethatifthe logicofthis book s followedbeforem,iti"g iritpo.t*t decisions,newill never ush ntoaconclusionheyarenotpreparedor. somepeoplen tire re bornwith theabilityto think....or heylave fud

muchpractice....-othersollow the-progampreviously et n placeo, *hut theyare old.Practicehinkingandyoucanbecome six hat ttinter.Readhisbooka letathinker...DeBono....teachouhowpowerfulyourmindcanbrrcome

Oneofthe most interestingaspectsof writing agt'eatdeal s that I've found that writing works muchbetter f you break t dov_vnnto littler pieces.Fi.st co-es the brainstonning: what basic-ideas behindthis piece?What basicelementsdo I need o convey?Then,organization:what order shouldthesepiecesgo in? How canI .*: T orderly progression rom the-basieunderstandingat the start to anew understandrngat the end?Thcn, application: how canI make it seem eal and-tangible?Then,criticism: what's wrong with the ideas,andhow canI improve them?Theq finally, t fote the wholething' taking all of those ittle piecesand combining tlrem rogether nto r;"thidfto;irlly) smootlareadable,andthought provoking.Discovering this processon my own over time wasexciting. Sure, t,s anextensionof the writingprocess leamedfrom myhigh schoolEnglish teacher,buithen it was ust a process o follow, notreally something hat I rmderstoodasanaid t9 malkgmy thinking anawritingtetter. It was excitingbecause,by breaking t down in this fashion, it mo:deme thinh i a certain way abod eachstageof rhewriting, almostas f I wereusing a completelydiffbrent part of my brain.This is almostexactly the premiseof Edward de B


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but I hadn'tconsideredow mportantheotherhatswereandhowI had ouse hemall to reallypullthings ogether.Theauthor needso gethisego n checka bit rWhiletheres a lot of compellingnformationhere,theprefaces almostnsufferable.TheSixThinkingHatsmethodmayweli be hi most mportantchangen humanhinkinq o-t t9 past wenty hree,undred ears."comeon, hat,sabit over he op.It almostmademeclosehebook ightthenand lhere.Ifrtf" conceptuallyg,|pr-the metaphorgoesa ilittlefar. Someof theexamples f howto use hehatsn meetings oa littlg far.Literallymentionimghehatss a bit over tre op,and canot onceiveof peopleactuallydoing hat.While t makesor ar reatmefaphorwithinthebbok, ,m notsuretsfretchesntotherealworld.Is Six ThinkineHoe WonhReading?SixThinkinqHatsrsaverycompelling oolqbrokendown nto perfectittle bitesizedpiecesorcontemplation.heoverallconcepthatdeBono aysdown,abouthow o separateut hepieces fyour houghtprooess ld puletrol intousingliffiorentaspectsr varying p'th; "J;i, u"".yshongone,ndee4andmatchesheway thinkbetterhananyother-book 'veead.9cryse of that'I'd saySixThinkingHatss worthwhile eading oranyoneina careerhatgtilizesthinkingskills.Thatdoesn'tmean thinkthateverythingn it is righton. Thebook akesusing hemetaphor bit far.While he oolscanbeveryusefulwithinyo* owrihead andcanbeveryusefulwhenusednconjunctionwith others sitting n a meetingalkingabout puttingonyour redhaf,doesn,teallyhelpanyone tall. In shorl utilizewhat thebooksaysn betweeiyour olwnearsmorethenanywhereelse.Makeaneffort o understandowyou're hinkingand ry hard o slipona differenthatonoccasion it can eallyhelp.

Book Review: Six Thinking llatsEdward de Bono believes hinking is a skill that canbe improved. He provides shategies or doing soin his book "Six Thinking Hats". According to de Bono tlre problem we facewith ogi with tftiof.iig is*We tY to do too much at once,Emotions, information, logii, hopeandcreativity all crowd in onus. It's like uggling with too manyballs.,,To avoid this jumbled ttinkinq de Bono proposes lhatwhenyou approacha problem you play onlyoneof five roles at any glven time. Namely pretendto be a persontirat thinks only:

. Factuallyo Emotionally,o Pessimistically,r Optimistically, oro Creatively.One of the key assumptionsof the book is that thinlcing is a tearnsport. De Bono proposes hat eachmemberof ateam wear oneof the five 'ohdlq"mentioned aboveandthethinking o"""o as a groupdiscussion. The facilitator of the thinking teamweaxs he "sixth hat'and guides he team. It is thefacilitator's job to set the stage or a productive sessiion ndmakesure hJteam stays ocused.


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