Summary Of 'Asking The Right Questions'
Critical Thinking Assignment
Introduction
Becoming a critical thinker is essential in today’s world and by reading “Asking the Right Questions” by Browne and Keeley the way you process information will be changed forever. The ten steps indicated in the book can [and should] be applied to anything you read or hear in order to get the most out of the information. Thus when reading Mr. Romano’s memo (A. Romano, personal communication, November 12, 2012) to the CEO of his company, Crawford Hecklar Consultants of Manhattan (CHCM), one cannot help but point out many blatant questions of importance. Although the reasons that Mr. Romano has given sound convincing at first glance, by applying the critical questions as instructed by the book, we can uncover many missing pieces and reveal other perspectives that will help us get a better and bigger understanding of the issue at hand.
What Are the Issue and the Conclusion? The issue that Mr. Romano is …show more content…
Romano in his memo are astoundingly deceptive and misleading. The relationship between height and leadership is extremely inaccurate and warped. There have been many studies done that show that tall people are more likely to be hired into managerial positions (Lindqvist, 2012) and even get more attention and higher earnings (Tan, 2009) but that does not necessarily mean their height is what makes them competent leaders. It simply illustrates that the preference of tall men and women is widely prevalent among society. However there is no proof that height has anything to do with personality, skills or potential. Some of the most powerful people throughout history have been under 6 feet tall. For every tall leader that Romano lists, one can find a shorter leader to match, such as Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and Warren Buffett. Surely no one can discount their success and leadership, especially due to something as insignificant as their height, in comparison to their
Introduction
Becoming a critical thinker is essential in today’s world and by reading “Asking the Right Questions” by Browne and Keeley the way you process information will be changed forever. The ten steps indicated in the book can [and should] be applied to anything you read or hear in order to get the most out of the information. Thus when reading Mr. Romano’s memo (A. Romano, personal communication, November 12, 2012) to the CEO of his company, Crawford Hecklar Consultants of Manhattan (CHCM), one cannot help but point out many blatant questions of importance. Although the reasons that Mr. Romano has given sound convincing at first glance, by applying the critical questions as instructed by the book, we can uncover many missing pieces and reveal other perspectives that will help us get a better and bigger understanding of the issue at hand.
What Are the Issue and the Conclusion? The issue that Mr. Romano is …show more content…
Romano in his memo are astoundingly deceptive and misleading. The relationship between height and leadership is extremely inaccurate and warped. There have been many studies done that show that tall people are more likely to be hired into managerial positions (Lindqvist, 2012) and even get more attention and higher earnings (Tan, 2009) but that does not necessarily mean their height is what makes them competent leaders. It simply illustrates that the preference of tall men and women is widely prevalent among society. However there is no proof that height has anything to do with personality, skills or potential. Some of the most powerful people throughout history have been under 6 feet tall. For every tall leader that Romano lists, one can find a shorter leader to match, such as Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and Warren Buffett. Surely no one can discount their success and leadership, especially due to something as insignificant as their height, in comparison to their