Primer on Critical Thinking and Business Ethics

Oswald Mascarenhas, Former JRD Tata Chair Professor in Business Ethics, XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, IndiaMunish Thakur, Associate Professor, Strategic Management, XLRI, Jamshedpur, India Payal Kumar, Principal Academic Advisor, Indian School of Hospitality, India

• Introduction: Why We Need Critical ThinkingChapter 1. Characterizing the Concept, Domain, and Scope of Critical ThinkingChapter 2. History of Critical Thinking and Some Models of Critical ThinkingChapter 3. Critical Thinkers and Practical Models of Critical ThinkingChapter 4. Critical Thinking of Our Beliefs, Behaviors, and Their Impact SystemsChapter 5. Systems Thinking through the Lens of Critical ThinkingChapter 6. Critical Thinking for Understanding Fallibility and Falsifiability of Our Knowledge

A must-read for anyone interested in developing graduate-level critical thinking skills and teaching future corporate leaders how to take a more nuanced perspective on the paradigm-shifting challenges they are likely to face when transitioning into their managerial career.