Critical thinking for strategic intelligence. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Katherine Hibbs Pherson, Randolph H. Pherson.
• Other Names: Pherson, Katherine Hibbs; Pherson, Randolph H
• Contents: Introduction; I. HOW DO I GET STARTED?; 1. Who Are the Customers?; 2. What Are the Key Questions?; 3. What Is the Broader Context For Analysis?; 4. How Should I Conceptualize My Product?; 5. What Is My Analytic Approach?; 6. Can Collaboration Contribute To a Better Answer?; II. WHERE IS THE INFORMATION I NEED?; 7. How Do Models Help My Analysis?; 8. What Types Of Information Are Available?; 9. Can I Trust My Sources?; 10. How Should I Evaluate Sources On the Internet?; III. WHAT IS MY ARGUMENT?; 11. Are My Key Assumptions Well-Founded?; 12. Can I Make My Case?; 13. Did I Consider Alternative Hypotheses?; 14. How Do I Deal With Politicization?; 15. How Might I Be Spectacularly Wrong?; 11. Are My Key Assumptions Well-Founded?; 12. Can I Make My Case?; 13. Did I Consider Alternative Hypotheses?; 14. How Do I Deal With Politicization?; 15. How Might I Be Spectacularly Wrong?; IV. HOW DO I CONVEY MY MESSAGE EFFECTIVELY?; 16. Is My Argument Persuasive?; 17. How Should I Portray Probability and Levels Of Confidence?; 18. How Can Graphics Support My Analysis?; 19. How Do I Present My Message In the Most Compelling Way?; 20. How Do I Know When I Am Done?; V. CASE STUDIES; 21. Countering the Iranian Nuclear Threat: Stuxnet and its Broader Implications; 22. Puzzling Food Poisonings in Germany; 23. The End of the Era of Aircraft Carriers; 24. Financial Crisis in the United States: Chronic or Avoidable?; 25. Yemen: The Next Afghanistan?
• Publisher Details: Washington DC : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages)
• Subjects: 658.4/012; Business analysts; Business planning; Strategic planning; Critical thinking
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452287713; 1452287716
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