The art of practical thinking : An informal discussion for the intelligent layman, with examples taken mainly from the field of business / Richard Weil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weil, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages)

Other Title:

art of practical thinking

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1940.

Summary:

"In the general range of our daily business problems, we try to see to it that solutions are based on good thinking. The trouble is, good thinking doesn't grow on trees--nor do good thinkers. Companies have real trouble finding people who know that, faced with a problem to be they have to do certain things, in a certain order, to solve the problem. Even such simple rules as finding out whether you have enough information, and whether the information is dependable, seem to be honored more in the breach than the observance. The rule that to solve a problem properly you must first state what the problem is does not always seem noticeably to influence the thinking of business people. It is quite clear too that many of the people who are trying to, succeed in business do not know that the rules exist. The purpose of this book is to help executives and other employees learn to think"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Part 1. The act of thinking

part 2. The art of thinking

part 3. The end of thinking.

Notes:

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