1. How do you use the decision-making in your role as a manager?

2. What role does contingency planning play in your role as a manger? How do you apply critical thinking to contingency planning?

3. What roadblocks do you encounter when trying to apply creativity to your decision-making process?

4. Are any business settings more in need of contingency planning than others? If so, why might they require contingency planning?

5. What parts of planning are most likely to require a back-up play? Why?

6. What additional information do you think a future manger should know about decision-making decision, contingency planning, and critical-thinking?