Sunday, October 15, 2006

STRATEGIC THINKING FOR SUPERVISORS 03

Table of content


  • Mind mapping
  • Critical Thinking
  • Creative Thinking

Mind Mapping

Application used in -

  • Personal.
  • Family
  • Educational
  • Business situations including note-taking,brainstorming,summarizing,revising and general clarifying of thoughts

Mind Mapping Guideline

  1. Start in the centre with an image of the topic using at least 3 colour.
  2. Use images,symbols,codes and dimensions throughout your mind map.
  3. Select key words and print using upper or lower case letters.
  4. Each word/image must be alone and sitting on its own line.
  5. The lines must be connected, starting from the central image, The central lines are thicker,organic and flowing, becoming thinner as they radiate out from the centre.
  6. Make the lines the same length as the word/image.
  7. Use colour-your own code-throughout the mind map.
  8. Develop your own personal style of mind mapping.
  9. Use emphasis and show associations in your mind map.
  10. Keep the mind map clear by using radial hierarchy,numerical order or outlines to embrace your branches.
  • Mind map is dwveloped by Tony Buzan

Critical Thinking

It is about-

  • Critical thinking is deciding what to believe or do.
  • Critical thinking means making reasoned judgments.
  • It is using criteria to judge the quality of something in your work or at home.
  • Critical Thinking is a disciplined manner ot thought that a person uses to assess the validity of something- a statement,new story,argument,research, etc.

Creative Thinking

It is about-

  • It is about a kind of thinking that leads to new insight, novel approaches, fresh perspectives,whole new way of understanding and conceiving of things.
  • The products of creative thought include music,poetry,dance,dramatic literature,inventions and technical innovations.

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