Critical Thinking and Complex Problem Solving for Business

1.5 units

The course introduces students to rigorous techniques for critical and strategic thinking, problem formulation and problem solving, advancing their ability to provide valuable advice to organizations and preparing them for management consulting company interviews by exploring methods to engage in case analysis, various cognitive biases that can emerge as a problem is being formulated and analyzed, such as the use of inappropriate analogies, confirmation bias, self-serving bias, conflation of correlation and causation, and so on.