Critical Thinking and Decision Making Although critical thinking and decision making have their similarities, they are quite different as you will see from the following text. Critical thinking deals more with the process of thinking prior to the decision, whereas decision making is better represented by the action of what is to be done. Our author defines critical thinking as the following: "Like this edition of Asking the Right Questions, critical thinking is both old …showed first 75 words of 412 total…

…showed last 75 words of 412 total…a well thought out, planned, decision. Although both of these seem to have their own qualities, leadership would have it's own issues if it lacked either of the two. Some decisions cannot wait, and some cannot be hurried. Citation: Browne, M. Neil. (1998) Keeley, Stuart M. (1998) Readings in Critical Thinking [University of Phoenix Custom Edition e-text]. Pearson Custom Publishing . Retrieved Monday, April 5, 2004 from University of Phoenix, Web site: https://mycampus.phoenix.edu/secure/resource/ResourceLog.asp?